Yep, Guthma is his name, all right.
Well, if you managed to get your party through the Palisades and Shengarne Bridge (did you save the bridge
?), I'm not going to say anything more. My impression of the next two major areas is that you can definitely get through the Horde Fortress area as long as you proceed carefully (goes for everyone, not just a little party like mine, or a strange [img]smile.gif[/img] one like yours), and the major area of chapter 2 can be overcome as long as you're adequately protected. The Palisades and Shengarne Bridge I find to be much more of an "acid test" for any party since they're "no rest" timed battles where you're significantly outnumbered. If your battle strategy worked there, then you should be able to manage OK up to the point that I've played to (start of chap 3).
Are you actually having these level -- what level are your monks, anyway?-- these level whatever monks pounding away with their fists on these large groups of orcs, boars, and werebadgers-- not to mention ogres and bugbears and the occasional harpy? What do you do about all the shamans? I can't imagine how that works... at least my monk wouldn't have survived it. I'd really love to hear how you succeeded.