More Severed Hand: No noticeable problems here. The elf battles usually resulted in massed charges anyway so this is no more difficult than before.
Dorn's Deep: Myconids and Ettins are easy. The battle at the entrance has always been tough but is not significantly different with HoW installed. There are a few instances where massed charging Neo-Orogs can cause you problems - especially the Warlords who deal out loads of damage. However, by this point your bard (if you have one) can sing the war-chant of sith and your healing problems are over... Undead are no match for clerics at this stage. I experienced some difficulty with the lich, who now seems to recognise invisible characters looking for his key and phylacteries - be quick and be protected from fear or magic. The Bronze guardians are tough, but no more so than usual.
Wyrm's Teeth: Trolls, Frost Salamanders, Frost Giants etc. are all tough cookies but HoW adds little to the difficulty. I was able to tempt Kontik's Ice Knights away one by one. No call to arms?
Lower Dorn's: Fire Salamanders and Tarnished Sentries, by this stage, cause few problems. I'd even run out of missile weapons with my party and took them on in hand-to-hand. Its easy with a few fire protection scrolls and weapons. My mage casting Snilloc's with kontik's ring (+15% cold dmg and X2 spells) is catastrophic against the salamanders (who suffer extra cold damage). Having been through this already, the standard problems are half as tough. A stock of clarity potions defeats the Umberhulks. The fire giants die at the bridge. Marketh's thugs can no longer dissapear in front of you and backstab (thank you HoW!). I found the Malavon fight easy this time but the Flozum almost whupped me single handed! The church was quite irritating. The bone guardians swarm all over you so I turned them. But that meant I could never quite destroy them - they kept running. After blundering into the insanely powerful mummies/zombie lords a few times, I stuck to turning and slowly nibbling away at the guardians. It took forever but I eventually blitzed the remaing cadavers and the Idol is easy.
Poquelin: This fight has been made tougher. Haven't done it yet...
Noticed that he summons bronze guardians in the fight now. How inconvenient
[ 08-13-2001: Message edited by: Gruntboy ]