> > I'm stumped. I've stepped on literally every square available to me, tried going through the force field with every monster group possible, tried going through just after I died, tried backing up a square and then trying to go through, and now I'm out of ideas.
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> There is an inaccuracy in the above statement! One of those options provides the solution.
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> However, I'm out of ideas in denting the second Draddots party (having killed the first one bare-handed). I'd like to fight it backwards, but that doesn't seem to be an option.
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> I'm not yet looking for too heavy a hint, but presumably there must be a way of either 1) winning the fight by myself, 2) finding another way in or 3) sneaking a minion or nine past the force field. Or is there a fourth possibility I haven't thought of?
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> I have one other difficult battle to fight. Would doing that first help?

Yeah, you should find an easier time with the second Draddots party if you go everywhere else first. But it is possible to beat it solo. I did it that way because I was stuck on the "no life" area for a while and was trying to do everything else I could.