Pro tip: In the gazillion difficulty options there is one to modify the number of enemies, which includes enemies per encounter and also the number of encounters. That applies to the first dungeon too.
If you find there are too many encounters for your taste, check the option because if you are playing hard mode you may have it to the maximum.
I did look through all the options, and did notice it. Though, admittedly, I did also forget about it until the part where your group and the half-orc paladin chick ran into 15 enemies outside the dungeon. I was puzzled a couple seconds then remembered there was that option. So it affects the number of encounters too? Good to know.
"We make our choices and take what comes and the rest is void."
