[Rataxes]

Ah yes the permanent death, what's up with that? I was under the impression that it was supposed to only happen if the killing blow hit for more than 200% of the target's remaining life, excepting spells like disintegrate and polymorph. But when I played with a party, characters would more often than not explode in a flurry of flesh when taking hits that only exceeded the total remaining life by a small amount.

Anyway, a party sure is quite hard to play when you're up against a Lich or powerful mage who starts flinging Abi Dalzims and Dragon's Breths around like mad, in short any spell of mass destruction becomes very frustrating obstacles for a party. But most parts of the game I could steamroll through with my party, where my soloists had a pretty rough time progressing.