Forreal you’ll feel good blowing through the story missions then those paralogs will humble your ass with the quickness. They’re not like “side quests” in other games, they legit take me a lot longer to finish due to the tricky terrain & setups.
Seteth/Flayns wasn’t too hard but it took me forever to finish due to the terrain layout. The sothis one had me restart my game a few times yesterday tho, and I was leveled higher than the requirement
Catherine is goddamn powerhouse tho. Never use her in the story missions but she’s pretty much a must have for any paralog with giant monsters
Marianne's is some ol bullshyt
Fog + a dozen monsters with one boss monster you gotta kill 5 times + priests healing them
And did I mention that it's in a forest you van barely move in?