What level are you? Have you summoned your creature for help, etc?
Mindreading Ba'al gives you a couple skill points, but it isn't a clue on how to defeat him.
I cleared out the opponents around Ba'al before fighting him, so I wasn't getting attacked by too many opponents at once. However, I didn't return to Broken Valley until I had cleared most of the flying fortresses in the fjords, so I think I was a couple levels higher than him.
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