about to start the war, so everything I'm mentioning is in reference to the fact

that I want to do the best I can from NOW on.

Next, I am running a K C Druid S combo. I didn't really want to run the druid,

but I was thinking GM alchemy would be some good. So, now I'm stuck with a

cleric/sorc combo that isn't all that good.

Questions

1. Is grand alchemy and black potions worth utilizing a weaker character class?

To me, Druid just kind of sucks, I mean, sure, at early levels they can be

identical to the sorcerer, but with no light/dark magic, there effectiveness

significantly decreases.

2. Given the fact that I don't have any inclination to insanely level my

character's, what skill progression should I utilize? To me, it seems obvious

that skills that are important throughout the game should be the first to put

points in as well as to level to expert/master/gm first.

for me, these skills included
learning to expert class for everybody
merchant to whatever level i can ASAP (one player)

Is the amount of work needed to level learning past expert worth the benefit? Is

the cost/benefit worthwhile?

3. Knight skills/leveling in order of importance...(CAN YOU GET AROUND THE MELEE BUG!?)
sword
bow
plate
armsmaster
bodybuilding

I put bow quite high because of that stupid bug that you can't hit anything that

you are within touching range of. I'm not sure how to get around it, but if this

continues, then even wielding a sword becomes quite pointless when you can never

hit anybody with it. Hence, bow.

The rest are superlative, I'm not sure what else I need for knight. Is the shield

worthwhile? I put a single point in, but if the best swords are two handed...

4. Cleric
is it worthwhile to even GM body magic if I can just hold onto the points and put

it into GM light/dark magic?

bow (same reason as knight)
chain
shield

any reason to put ANY additional points into mace? i mean, my cleric isn't going

to be fighting that's for sure.

anything else I need?

5. druid/sorc
bow
leather

magic

I put some points into bow at first to deal with simple enemies and to give my

wizard types some kind of attack without relying on magic. should i have held

onto these points and just put them into magic? 1 point is enough to shoot the

bow, maybe that is all i need.

finally, magic, should i just devote all my points to ONE school of magic? Thus

when I can choose light/dark, I can quickly advance? Right now, my sorc has 20

free skill points, only 4 in fire, and just 1 in water/air/earth.

i've heard that fire is the best, so should I put more points into it? or just

wait for light/dark

5. Lastly, is perception any good? will it help you find more secrets? I've

noticed if I hit space bar enough, i can find lots of secrets by myself. do red

walls make that much of a difference since most of the "secret" places are pretty

easy to assume?