[Companion Alignments?]

I was playing a self-centered greedy lying bastard (deceptive, cruel, aggressive all on 4) and nobody complained a bit.
Pity I wasn't able to use my Doemel house 'membership' or  my torture skills  on the record keeper to persuade him. 
He just laugh to my mighty face when I  tried physical intimidation.
Also no chance to hire any really bad guys as NPC compantions  or influence/turn the current ones. 

pity

[Tips for dealing with wraiths/banshees in The Wailing Banshee]

hola,

anytime I encounter these teleporting ghost I do this:
- find a corner

- put everybody in very tight formation, mages on back, fighters on front, make sure there is no space in your group by moving cursor around , looking for the 'four leaf clover' 

- pull them, wait till they are all in front of fighters, then use any AOE like fireball , searing seal or jolting touch (best from stiletto or bow)

in the Lighthouse case:
- there is a nice tight corner on the top-left side of the 1st floor room (don't use the right side room, that one is too big, they port behind you)

- rogue triggers the event and then use invisibility and run away 

- alternatively priest can trigger and use Withdraw (best when he's beaten a little, so he stays out of combat longer)
- when most of the ghosts stands right in front of your group, release the AOE hell (in my case Cloudpiercer bow) 

 

hope that helps 

[How do you flee a fight? I just got one shotted by a bear.]

Hola
playing ranger with a bear too
- found the cave first, got in, saw a huge bear - told my self, "that's a huge bear, better not disturb it" and went out
- met a guy, sent me back to cave, died few times, gave up
- returned back with bigger party , tried to:
  - sneak around - doesnt work - i was hoping the bear would sleep sometimes , he doesn't
  - charm animal him with druid - works for about 1 sec, then he attacks again (even with 2 WIL lowering spells from mage on him)
  - make the bear sleep with some darts/alchemy/potion/herbs .. none found on that level

Finally I had to kill the bear  - what a pity.
I thought there would be a way for Rangers and Druids (and other animal friendly minds) how NOT TO kill everything that moves and breathes and lives peacefully in the forest.

PS: running away from danger is half of adventurer's life - there definitely should be a way how to run away from fights off the screen