[PeeWee]

I agree with saving the scrolls for harder fights due to the limit of what's available.

I've seen lichs start up the dialogue and right afterwards there is a small time frame where you can melee it. If your guys are hasted before the fight, they can lay some decent dmg to wear him thin if they can reach him in the few seconds you have. Afterwards he may time stop things. Prepare to take some fire damage here. He will also trigger 3 buffs. One could be the shield against magical weapons. Another of his buffs is the flame shield. And this is when you would want to use breach.

It's somewhat of a fast kill if you can buff up early on...I normally use chant, draw upon holy might, barkskin, aid, protection from fire, haste, and defensive harmony.

I keep all the melee guys spread around the lich and watch for when it says my weapons are ineffective. I then use the mage spell thrust or breach right when I see I can't melee it. Then attack again and if a guy is low on health I use a potion or pull him away from the fight to heal and go back in.

IF the lich gates in a pit fiend, I pull all my fighters away from the lich and use dispell. This will negate his protection from the fiend and "normally" makes the fiend turn on the lich. There is a spell that dispells only the enemy but forgot the name of it. If the pit fiend is beating up the lich, I then summon companions to use as fodder and check to see who is doing damage to who. If things go bad, you will be looking at a mad lich, a pit fiend, and an elemental.

This is just a basic method I use for a few encounters. Be careful using dispell since it affects your party too if they are in range.

About Anomen: I like his blade barrier spell and his self buff from his shield, his amount of hitpoints is decent, and of course when he and Aerie turn undead, it's fun to watch(try it in the graveyard sometime once ya ready or feeling risky). His melee does lack alot. So far he's been proven useful during the early stages of the game. May switch him out later on when I find other characters who are compatible with my group.