Just wanted to chime in here with not much to say but thank you MaxQuest. After playing through Avowed and looking to come back to Deadfire, this anti-cheese patch solutions so far look incredibly good.
In particular, as someone who feels pulled to look at 'optimal' solutions, and who likes to build tanky characters, the allure of a rather boring routine of Barring Death's Door, Brilliant, and/or buff-time extension was quite overwhelming.