I'm still at it. Reached the mountain. The "battle areas" in the game are good an engaging. Dodging guards rather than random battles. Picking up a guest character who I couldn't control, but who was still able to fight was fun. Then, having to sprint between the mystical traps was good too. Great diversity with the game. I got pretty far in that mystical trap cave, before game over. I just stopped caring about the traps and plowed through after realizing they let the characters keep 1 HP. That set me back. However, I kept at it. I used the knowledge from that failed trek like the bad statues to avoid. I also changed classes to be a medic, instead of an elementalist like my failed run. The change of classes is a welcome addition, even if I felt that unless I was forced to change a class, I would have stayed with the mage class.

The third character is interesting, a forgetful mage that uses massive AP, but can sleep to regain it.  So far the battle dynamic keeps things interesting.