The fight with pirates Options

[Aro]

Hi all.

I want some help with these guys in the tavern at the Docks. They are very tough. My party is:

Vagrant PC with proficiency in clubs and uses the +3 acid one from Trademeet
Valygar
Anomen
Jan Jansen
Edwin

Jan and Edwin can cast only 5 lvl spells and less.

That mage casts Remove Magic and emotion and abi-dalzim, and my characters die very quickly. The captain I cannot kill, he's scary. Help! My fighters deal very small damage to him.

I want another party member, but all NPCs are so weak. Any recommendation?

And where to find a permanency scroll or manual of elaboration or scroll of memory? I want a scroll for the club +4. It costs 50 000, is it worth it?

What weapons to buy?

[critto]

Yeah I know about those competent mages. Wanted to trick one of the Shadow thieves mages with Spell immunity divination, but he used remove magic. I decided to side with Bodhi because of reading that the party gets boots of speed from renal. They help a lot. Maybe I will use spell immunity abjuration from now on and will keep it running all the time on all characters. This will protect my party buffs, what do you think?

Of course, it will. But do expect enemy mages to try and bring you SI's down with Ruby Rays as well. So it is a good idea to have two or three memorized, especially for spell-casting duels.

About those mages you mentioned - I have not met even one yet. All enemies use divination immunity and improved invisibility.

A wizard on the Slaver's Stockade should use SI:Abjuration, I think (unless I am mistaken). Have you been there yet? Anyway, you will encounter such mages, don't worry

Why cloudkill isn't working? How about other cloud spells, are they useful in IA?

They might be on certain occasions. But do not expect them to be an ultra-powerful

I also got many times the message that some items cannot be used with Use any item. My Blade will have this ability later. Can you help me what powerful items can be used with Use any item?

Mostly, those are the IA items that are class-specific (ranger flails, BioWare NPC items, and such). Blades are very powerful on their own in IA, so giving them an ability to wield a lot of class-specific equipment would make them god-like and would destroy the balance.
I think there was a topic around here somewhere that had a list of such items. Try searching for UAI or "Use any item".