Well it has been a while since I played NWN, but I guess you are right. Come to think of it, what I did was when I had a spellcaster with me is that I let them hold their position away from a fight and only called them in when I needed them.
Sometimes I though the spellcasters ultimate goal was to fire all the spells they had in the shortest amount of time <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Henchman who could lockpick were stupid also. The only henchman who were remotely usable in my opinion were the plain fighters, eventhough they did run to places at times they shouldn't.
