You don't need parry to be untouchable in melee. Parry has very little to do with being untouchable, especially against groups of enemies.
Considering that I played unarmored, yes it was a major factor. Its hilarious that you are telling me something that I personally experienced can't have happened.
Thanks for the post as I have enjoyed following your run. Act 1 does feel prolonged and drawn out. You will face different challenges in the next couple of acts, that might try your patience in different ways, but hopefully nothing should drag the same to the end now.
Still trying to give nothing else away though, as spoilers...
You can avoid fighting most of the kids through dialogue, but I found that final fight quite tough. The game is lacking in the undead-bashing cleric department.
That boss fight in the catacombs can be made much easier with two spells - Protection from Evil provides immunity to all the mind-affecting spells, because all the enemies there are of evil alignment. And Death Ward makes you immune to all the Harm and Cause Wounds spells. I'm usually playing a cleric or druid and also have Elanee, so I always have a lot of access to the key spells and can get the whole party covered, or at least most of it.
It's kind of like a lot of the fights in BG2 where if you don't have Chaotic Commands cast on the whole party, you're going to have a hard time.
As the game goes on, Death Ward is going to become more and more of a life-saver.
You can avoid fighting most of the kids through dialogue, but I found that final fight quite tough. The game is lacking in the undead-bashing cleric department.
You can actually build characters that are dedicated to fighting undead in NWN2. I did that more than once. Take a cleric (aasimar for the extra +2 Cha) and take the sun domain and additional turn undead feats. You can even take prestige class levels as Doomguide if you worship Kelemvor, for even more undead turning.
My Cleric / Ranger character is beneficial throughout the game . This time I made her a Wood Elf so Ranger is her favored class and she has no penalties for her cleric levels. Next time I want to try an arcane archer build, I have not attempted that one yet. Truly, you do not get a Cleric in the party for quite a while, so Depending on Elaine and then Casavir until then can be done, but is not easy.
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Still trying to give nothing else away though, as spoilers...
It's kind of like a lot of the fights in BG2 where if you don't have Chaotic Commands cast on the whole party, you're going to have a hard time.
As the game goes on, Death Ward is going to become more and more of a life-saver.
And no, PnP crafting is different.
Truly, you do not get a Cleric in the party for quite a while, so Depending on Elaine and then Casavir until then can be done, but is not easy.