And Cloudy - a good tip for early combat, have your mages learn the Flamedrop spell - if you cast this on one of the central bats / piranhas / worgurs etc you can take down several of then with one or two castings. Always be prepared to back up slightly if you are casting on a creature up very close, because your party can get hurt by the area effect. Early combat isn't very easy, the spellcasters have a better time of it early. The fighters come more into there own down the track.
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never threw anything but hints - no bruises from Davr
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