I'm not sure it's a secret but if you dont level up after defending the fort at the end of the prologue you can purchase a full custom group for 500 gold each. The real secret is they only cost me 100 each. I'm not sure why. A bug maybe. The problem is your main will always be a level ahead of the rest of your group.
I run a CN group, dwarven Cayden cleric as my main, dwarven tower shield fighter, halforc twohander fighter, a elf evocation specialist, elf rogue and gnome alchemist.
I've only played challenging. It was fuxking brutal until they patched it and once I hit 3rd level it's been pretty easy sailing.
