Nice screenshot Trig, I’d love to see a video of that Orc fight ;)
Regarding difficulty: It only affects the available ressources and equipment, not the enemy strength.
Caravans: We tweaked it so that combat on the worldmap takes longer for other parties and you have a better chance to intervent. This may still need more work though.
Sky, I suppose you’ve met a very stupid necromancer then ;) Normaly they love to raise the dead (including dead brothers ;))