All my party members tended to be protected to their best abilities, and improved invisible, as well as hasted when I start it out. *sigh* Unfortunately, 'top the best abilities' isn't saying much, as I preferred offensive magics to defensive. The most powerful defense spell in terms of magic-stopping power is Aerie's 'Spell Shield'..which doesn't do much against Irenicus, and only guards her.
It's starting to look like I should've scooted around and tried getting more XP before returning the lanthorn to those bloody elves...
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Playing the cutest li'l Chaotic characters since 1996.