My sorceror in my last party used the simple level 1 Charm Person spell to great effect during chapter 1 against those hordes of goblins and orcs. (Doesn't hurt to take feat point or 2 in Spell Focus: Enchantment.)
If I saw 3 archers in a line, I'd charm the middle one and ... voila ... the other 2 would attack the chamred one, thus temporarily disabling all 3. Also, if a mob of orcs or goblin melee-ers were charging my party, I'd charm one of the trailing orc/goblin tanks (so that my own party wouldn't target and kill him early). This charmed tanks would also draw the attention of a good number of enemy tanks.
In chapter 1, Charm Person is more effective than Magic Missile.
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