I know how to make the game easy, but the problem is I don't want to. I don't want to play the Imp. I don't want to just sneak, throw barrels, and kill enemies with my familiars (I had a playthrough where I did 50% of the encounters with a cat). I want to enjoy all the cool spells and things Larian has put into the game. Unfortunately, the encounters are so difficult that I always have to resort to playing barrels, sneak, Imp, and 1 or 2 main weapons/spells in my arsenal. I haven't used 80% of the spells because if I try anything but the most damaging spells I have it ends up in a party wipe. I would love to see the data on how often each spell is used. I bet 10% of them are used 99% of the time. What good is having all these awesome things in the game if you can't use them.
Thank you, this perfectly sums up what I think is wrong with this game.