I have some some speed-running of this game, where I skip every non-mandatory quest, teleport to Dragonsand for NWC dungeon and shrine of god, then abuse game master until I get master Water etc. By beating the game sequentially and not hiring master NPC, I want to not exploit NWC dungeon, Shrine of God, early Stable price fixing quest, etc.
I think this makes the game closer to what the developer intended and also make it much more challenging since I won't have access to a lot of gold or spells until I clear out the 4 starting locations (New Sorpigal, Ironfist, Mist and Eel Infested Waters).