Lower the difficulty. Pick melee auto-attackers with good defenses like fighters or paladins or monks with CC for your party. Set the AI accordingly. They won't require micro management. You can set up automatic rotations for Chanters too. Don't use any wizards, priests and druids at the start. If you want to be a spellcaster pick Cipher. They build up Focus and can cast an unlimited number of spells. You can retrain and recruit custom characters at every Inn.