OK, if anyone is ever having trouble with the shadow dragon or Firky, or any other dragon besides Adalon, i got the best spell for them: Smite Evil.
I had a party once, it included Minsc, My Pc (half elven FIghter-cleric WITH a sword
), keldorn, Aeries, Anomen and Yoshimo.
I basicallly had Yoshi cast like a million traps beside,behind, under, and over the dragon, hehe, then i just attacked it, it lost almost all its hp immediately, then i just smite evil it with 3 clerics at once, BAM, dragon on a stick.
So you want to kill off some mind flayers.. well.... 2 words for ya, OVERSIGHT MOD!