thanks a lot for your help!
I almost never hire anyone throughout the game, maybe because i always play with a sorcerer and a healer to start with, so i have everything i need in my party. a master healer sounds pretty good, though! i'll go for them if i see i can't manage it on my own. i'll try fighting from a distance, thanks a lot for the advice! i managed to set a bacon somewhere in a narrow corridor, i'll take it from there next time!i noticed that the tomb of varn is gone from the dragonsand map in TCC...i wonder where that dungeon ended up? (really scared to ask, lol)