A swiftblade does have good defenses, but they do sacrifice caster level for it, after all.<br/><br/>I've been intending to throw the lizardman out of the trees from the start.  Got to give Rodger something to do, after all.  And the falling damage combined with ending up prone next to an enhanced tiger just about ought to deal with this one...  Tigers grapple as well, you know, and no matter how many hit points he has, getting hit with a moonbolt makes this fellow very easy to hold.