need help, combat is a joke

[Ned Flanders]

This game is marvelous. My only gripe is with the combat system. Right now, at level 7 with only virgil as my companion, it takes some 20 minutes to dispatch of a couple of wolves. Is there any way to speed up the turn based combat? If I try the real time combat, everyone is dead in the blink of an eye. Anyone have any combat tips? I fear I will have to go through the game as a pacifist or I will quickly lose interest.

[Taralon]

You can switch to "fast turn-based combat" in the options menu. It's the same as turn-based but monsters just appear and disappear instead of showing the movement animation...a but wierd but certainly speeds things up.

[friend_al_23]

Increase your fatigue as someone from the other forum said it is related.

[tom the terribl]

The spacebar by default switches between combat modes.

The best way is to not hurry but fight everything from the beginning to the end. Doing this your level should be 6 when you go to fight the thieves at the gate. And you level should be at 50 before going to Thantos.

I usually start as a mage and one of my first spells is Harm. Harm is the only spell of which there is no defence. One or two castes and a wolf is dead. It even works in Wolf cave if I drink a bottle of Expand Fatigue(?)

Since you can select what skill to use Mellee or Range can be added later if you want.

[fable]

Tom, see my post in How to Avoid Certain Death.