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I defeated him with a (by then) epic monk imported from the original campaign, after I got all my stuff back, including all those henchmen quest rings & amulets with a lot of plus dex, plus wis, some strength enhancements and then an over-enchanted kama from the drow weapon smith. It was still a tough fight and I had to teleport away with the talisman a couple times to heal. I also went through buffing and heal potions like water. It was a close fight and I almost didn't survive it.
I also defeated the maker with a fighter/RDD/bard I constructed from scratch for HOTU, meaning I manually did the first 15 levels, then played him through HOTU. I had maxed the RDD to 10 to get all the strength etc benefits and put the rest of levels into fighter. I had one initial level of bard to qualify for RDD, then later took a 2nd level of bard and used a whole bunch of hoarded skill points to get a really high use magic device skill, which let the character use magic scrolls & wands. I mainly used the scrolls (highest level spell mantles etc I could find/buy) along with buffing potions for defenses, then relied on the fighter with dragon strength and that vorpel sword for offense. This was a much easier fight than the monk had. I forget what level total he was, but probably getting close to epic? I hadn't taken the 2nd bard level until 16.
Of course, I have to admit a fighter/bard/RDD is a bit of a munchkin; he was purposefully constructed to be a powerful melee fighter. Both the monk and fighter did go solo, though, which is why they get to slightly higher character levels, not sharing XP with henchmen.
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