luzariuslive, do you remember the "scorpion trap" from Divine Divinity? If so - simply imagine that orc-shaman used it against your characters :)
In other words, Divinity is not about balance or something. It is about "fun and imps". In my opinion, of course.
But at the same time, I think that Enhanced Edition made a little step aside from "fun and imps". What does it mean? New tendency? Who knows... Anyways, D:OS 2 will explain it to us.