Hints + Tips
Unlike other games... D&D is one of those games that you MUST level your characters up rather high in order to explore the other passages/maps of the world, you see in D&D there are no medical herbs to heal with, however there is a REST system. AT THE SAME TIME, if you lose a party by death, she/he can only be revived by being healed by a magical lake, or by the priest in town.
I highly suggest having a group of a Fighter, Magic-User *that you level up high who has SOME HP*, Cleric and either another Fighter or a Dwarf. I doubt there will be a group who can survive successfully without a good melee user such as Fighter and the Dwarf. Still, I find Fighters more effective than Dwarves, though they are partially equalized in mods.
Rest and SAVE OFTEN, that's right. VERY IMPORTANT that you do this, you never know if a battle will just kill you out of nowhere. I was strolling down in swamps one time and out of nowhere a GREEN DRAGON Appears and hits my people for like 26/34 damage each!! I was toasted! Be careful!