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[Lilith]

What are your character builds like? One weakness of the game is that some skills are just plain better options than others, by a huge margin. Parry is very powerful in Avernum 4, since it not only gives a chance to block attacks entirely but also reduces damage received: if you unlock it and invest heavily in it on your fighter along with a decent amount of Endurance, they should be practically invulnerable to melee attacks, even on the highest difficulty setting.

 

Also, there is actually some degree of aggro management: if enemies aren't adjacent to anyone, they'll usually attack whoever attacked them most recently. It's even possible to get a melee-using enemy stuck in a loop of running back and forth between two missile-using characters trying to reach them by using this to your advantage.

 

(Also also, doing 60-80 damage per round with spells actually sounds pretty low for that point in the game. How much have you been investing in Spellcraft and Magery? Did you take positive traits like Divinely Touched and Natural Mage that improve your skills? They're well worth the experience penalties.)

[Aggression]

I played 4/5/6 and pit, i just beat A4 like 5 minutes ago. Easiest avernum so far.