From the original trilogy that's the weakest one, unfortunately. Lack of ladies is overall an odd Gothic thing.
On Gothic 1 is justified. I mean, you are in a penal colony.
About ret, this is how storng you can become when you learn all six circles of magic
I love Kingmaker. It's the most BG like game of the modern RPG era by far.
True, it's the most similar formula. But where BG is a fun ride, Kingmaker is just brutal, especially the endgame.
House at edge of time was pretty hard...