Well, i try to create parties that should be able to win the game. In ironman, you can't reload until your party of loosers manage to win a tough fight.
It is very hard to survive without early access to magic sceen, armorplate and elemental shield. I had quite a number of (ironman) parties without them, and only one managed to survive.
I usually prefer a mage and a priest to a bishop. They are far better in the early and middle game. But that are already 2 characters out of my usual 4-5 character group, so the parties would be very similar.
A bishop is much weaker early, but he allows me to add another different character.
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