[Russ]

Jaheira is hands down my MVP. Used correctly she can disable mages, heal tanks, swat monsters, shoot missiles from the background, summon hordes of critters for extra smackings, and make up tons of goodberries (yea, I know, you powergamers don't like them... but they're PERMANENT, and fifty goodberries stuck in the bottom corner of an inventory has kept me from reloading once or twice after a really hard fight. Use 'em the same way you'd think of regenerating. Of course, in PnP Druids also had Greatberries and KickAssWalnuts....)

I really don't see the flail of ages as an issue in those circumstances, as any number of npc's can use them, and Jah can use a wide variety of other very effective weapons. Quite honestly, said flail is usually a backup weapon in my party... there's so much hardware out there, all of it excellent...