Did you have anything special in mind re: the cheese? Water elemental + static charge?
Any others I should know about? I've made excellent use of the various resistances of the druid shapechanges.
New update, after playing much of the weekend.
This is without a doubt the "uber-est" party I've ever played. I set a new personal record for level-ups after dual-classing without resting: ten. After two days in Lower Dorn's, my d/c F/M is fighter 13/mage 12.
I've added two more spells to my Sentry-killing list - Skull Trap and Mordenkainen's Force Missiles. They are AoE, so one has to be careful, but they do a great job. My bard is racking up some pretty powerful kills.
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The Kraken Society Mages in Marketh's Palace gave me intense grief. I was near the end of my spell repertoire, so I mostly had to go at them in melee. My F/T and F/D took out two by themselves early in the fight with no trouble, but the remaining two blitzed my party. I ended up with two party members killed, but luckily had one Raise Dead scroll and one memorized with the R/C (who was killed). It's kind of strange that death doesn't wipe your spells, but I'm not complaining.
Malevon was easy by comparison; the golems and hulks went down quick, the stalkers got fried by Static Charge, and Malevon, apprentice, and simulacrum went down to acid arrows and some paladin justice. However, I must have hurt some svirfnebli somewhere along the way, because the ones in the open area of LDD have turned hostile. Fengla still gave me the key, though.
Edit: I took Dundee's advice re: the bard's weapon. I bought the Sword of Myrloch Vale to help my lore even further. I think 130 is enough for most things; I haven't "wasted" a spell on Identify all game.
And the F/D is no longer the weakling. I attribute that solely to the lack of magical weapons and slingstones in the early game. She's a pretty versatile character now with shapechanges, massive spell capability, and the weapon choice of Frostbrand or Valiant (and soon Slayer). Her kills are still lower than the rest (save the bard), but are improving.
[ 02-14-2005, 08:50 PM: Message edited by: Aerich ]