[andrewas]

stormblade, how exactly would you go about backstabbing a creature with eyesight so acute it can detect the theft of a copper from a mountain of gold? hearing so acute it can hear a halfling theif half a mile away? that sleeps with one eye open?

besides, its back is higher up than you are.

hyperbole based upon the hobit. jrr tolkien.

becides IIRC (it might be another system) creatures of monstrous size cant be backstabbed by something of normal size. the monstrous manual woudnt mention something that was in the rule book.try playing as a fire-giant theif... (i wish)

to beat the heal thing - use the time hes casting it to kill him. you need a single, non fire based, attack that does at least 50 damage. horrid wilting works, but there are no items to cast that. are there? the traditional cloudkill tactic might work - 6 works on the suldenalessar dragon, firkragg should need less. ah, except you have no mage and no party. if you have ToB level up and get use all items, get a wand of cloudkill. recharge it at a shop. (sell and buy/steal it again)

arrow of dragon slaying would rock. but bioware (rightly) decided not to make them available.