That is a rather frustrating aspect of the game. If you haven't already, wait until you find "Mommy Dearest". Moves across screen, attacks six times, then takes no damage due to a defensive spell - a spell that if you cast blocks damage maybe 50% of the time but works the listed 90% for her. The final battles are like that too. It's an exercise in repairing damage which, in time, you lose. However, just following the story and fighting most battles that are merely challenging (rather then frustrating) kept me going. I've felt time and again that these four godwoken, fighting together, are often outclassed by supposedly lesser entities. I know people do it, but I couldn't imagine a single character party for this game. The supposed powerful and feared source spells are a disappointment. Most are not much better then run of the mill magic. There are huge advantages that the player's party have, however. Being able to come back from the dead that very few others seem to have the highly available scrolls to do. Being able to flee battle, rest, and come back full strength against enemies after killing one or two of them to eventually overwhelm them. I've got over 1200 hours into the game so, despite it not being perfect (what games are?), I have gotten quite a bit of enjoyment out of it despite the frustrations.
