a recommandation for spellcasters
while wizards (and from what i remember necromancers) can find more book than the other classes (so a bit more than "nearly never"
) , it's still possible you're out of luck and find only "utility" spellbooks instead of some offensive ones to refill your offensive spells and if you then run out with your bolts/balls , you're very likely going to die.
A workaround to that is to not use your offensive spells to deal with very weak monsters from the very start , but instead kill them in melee.
The good thing is that each kill will add a mark to your weapon , and after X marks , you get a level in the corresponding weapon skill, allowing you to be more accurate and do more damage with that weapon.
Great for spellcasters that have run out of offensive spells, so they can still deal damage in melee instead of just dying.
you can check your current weapon marks by pressing CTRL + W
And important to know, if you have set your Tactic to Very Defensive or Coward , you will gain NO marks (for those not knowing, you can change your Tactic with F1, F2, F3 , F4, F5, F6, F7, F8 or just SHIFT+T and +/- , each tactics giving more or less bonus or malus to damage and accuracy, more or less bonus or malus to defense)
http://ancardia.wikia.com/wiki/Tactics_(game_concept)Getting the Tactic skill (and increasing it) or earning it from a quest can be awesome for your Tactic setup