In D2:ED this fight should be easy at level 24 or 25; you should almost be able to go make yourself a sandwich in the middle of the fight and not bother pausing the game (it's pretty easy at level 23, anyway, with a warrior character).
In DKS there was a bug that could give boss opponents an over-powered attack, which could instantly kill you. The
patch will prevent this problem, but unfortunately I think if it has already occurred in the save it will not undo it. However, if you email your save to support@larian.com, with a description of the problem, they can fix it for you.
Do you have a spare skill point your could learn Hide in Shadows with? That might help if you have enough time to react when the conversation with Laiken ends. Check your inventory and see if you have any skill books you didn't use right away.
One person who ran into this problem (with Ba'al, later in the game) used CheatEngine to fix their health until they got past that point. Someone mentioned that Steam may have a problem with the use of CheatEngine, though, even with a single player game.
Where's the trick to Ba'al?[Not Sure if Bug][Spoilers]Killed InstantlySee Lar's post
here on how to send them an Xbox save.
With the PC version, in XP the saves are in the folder
C:\Documents and Settings\ %username% \Local Settings\Application Data\Divinity 2\Savegames
or in Vista / Win 7
C:\Users\ %username% \AppData\Local\Divinity 2\Savegames
You may need to set Windows Explorer to show hidden files and folders (
XP, Vista,
Win 7).