by Isolater
Can you go through what happened in Castle Daerion in more detail?I played this as the overlord, and against 4 heroes they didn't seem to have a hope. It's probably not as easy against 3 heroes, because you don't get as many monsters, but would still be fairly straightforward.
It shouldn't be difficult to get at least two zombies, and in encounter two with the focus fire of them, the Ettin and your open group (i took goblins) the NPC should only last 2 or 3 rounds. Alric Farrow didn't even reach him in my game.
Note this was just with starting xp/equipment, so that may make a difference...