Having clocked about 15 hrs play on normal, I decided "what the heck, it's time to go hardcore" and started a new game on PoTD with a rogue. The combat was too easy on normal and playing hard for 2 hours still gave me that feeling, so I jumped straight to PotD.
So far I just cleared the temple dungeon in Gilded Vale (PC rogue, Eder, Kana, Durance, Aloth, + hireling Ranger because I can't access other NPCs yet) and I gotta say it's fairly tough but a lot of fun.
I enjoy having to micro my rogue to get the best results, but I'm worried about a few things, namely whether NPCs without their min-maxed stats can handle PoTD.
I've not completed an actual playthru on normal yet so I haven't experienced the NPC interactions and their stories, but I also want to do a PoTD playthru because I find tough challenges fun to overcome.
The question here is, which NPC setup is the best to do PoTD with? Which talents/skills are must-grabs? How viable is having a PC rogue going to be?