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Oh, I forgot, here's another one that's so good, it ought to be called cheating:
When you know that a conversation with an NPC is going to lead immediately into a confrontation (typically because you've played the area before), get an invisible/hidden scout far enough forward to see the whole area. Do all your conjuring and buffering (in that order) just outside of enemy's visual range. Get everyone set up. Pause the game. Order magic users to launch area effect spells. Unpause long enough for them to get halfway into casting. Pause. Order your tank to advance closely enough to start the NPC dialogue. Unpause. If you time it right, the NPC conversation will start and pause combat actions just before your mages release their spells. When the NPC ends the dialogue with something original like, "Die you righteous scum!" your mages/priests will virually instantaneously unleash hell. It's almost as good as giving your magic users a whole round head start.
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