an addition to 1)
you do not even have to trap the monster, it is enough to keep the right distance from it, i.e. you always step back a bit, when it approaches, so it can not attack you and directly start an attack, though you are too far away. there is a distance, it does not come any closer, though it can not attack you. then you can make small step towards it an try to attack it, until you don\'t get the \"You are too far to attack\" message. after that, you attack it, without being attacked.
i think this is a bug, not a feature, isn\'t it?