>>718295504
i recently played os2, got to like chapter 5 and dropped it. and no, not because of mechanics. the story is... badly sewn together.
you are basically just bunch of nobodies, with no actual reason to stick together and the story pacing goes nowhere. compare os2 to kingmaker or wrath and its like story in os2 was written by crayons eating retard. also there are TOO MANY races. like that undead skeleton has its own race. what the fuck.
speaking of the fire encounter in OP, all you need is to spam some magic-armor-generation like frost armor and not move a single inch. you dont really take damage by standing still on a fire. the blobs are nothing burger. you slaughter them without struggle with ranged attacks.
and the NPC in this fight? yeah, not possible to keep them alive, they keep running in the fire, taking like 500 damage per single turn, no way to outheal it. in theory you can save scum the fight and prepare ahead some cheese like petrify spell, basically to put them out of combat without killing them, but if you play iron mode, there is no way to keep suicidal ai alive.