"Having trouble getting past a big monster?  Before you go into battle, lower the game's difficulty level.  After you win, you can restore it again if you'd like." - TEM

"Don't walk down the roads, walk up on the land on the sides.  You'll have a much greater chance of your top scout finding items there than on the road itself.  Make sure that you have enabled search or have a ranger in your party, though." - TEM

"If you see enemies approaching, try to maneuver your group into a doorway or next to an obstruction before combat begins.  You'll do much better if you can keep your enemies from surrounding your group." - TEM

"When fighting a group of enemies, concentrate your attacks to one enemy at a time.  The enemies hit just as hard whether they have their full health or just one hit point left, so concentrate on reducing the number of attackers one by one." - TEM

"Use group effect spells immediately after entering combat against large groups.  Your likelihood of success will improve if you can take some enemies out of the fight for a few rounds with fear, nausea, or sleep." - TEM