I definitely agree with using a thief or ranger to sneak around before your party. I'm in Chapter 3 now, and I've used my thief scouting and sneak attacking the whole time. Especially love to use it in tight places, run around a corner and get out of view, go back into the shadows and hit them again. You can take down a lot of hit points in just a couple of hits, then your tanks can mop up the rest. Improved evasion and fireballs are a deadly combination to be able to use. You can send your thief to sneak attack the leader, and launch a couple of fireballs at his feet.
Another helpful thing for me, is to switch my auto-pause option to "end of round", when the tide of a battle turns against me. It helps save a little bit of damage, and you can actually focus your attacks a little bit better.
ps, the hide in shadows works wonders to keep people pinned in a room while your mages hurl spell after spell into the room.
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