Crappy armor <3
I think your new wife is subtly telling you to keep your pants on.
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I didn't realize this thread was still active (or maybe I am confusing it with a different thread). I recently picked up the game myself and I have a few questions that I wasn't able to answer from the wiki.
Traveling (not necessarily skill-related): When you reach a new location after traveling on the world map, you get some experience. Is this 'bonus' experience that goes into your experience pool that is spent before you achieve the next level, effectively increasing (albeit not all that much) the amount that you can raise your skills?
Is it worth investing in shops to improve their items (beyond what the wiki says about only bothering with magic shops for scrolls/potions, black markets for enchanted items, and food for training), or do you eventually get strong items from dungeons?
I've been clearing dungeons to break the monotony in running between downs doing deliveries/harvesting, but it feels like I level up a lot faster when killing enemies. Is that because combat skills are balanced to consume experience faster (compared to non-combat skills like weight lifting, sense quality, casting) because they're used intermittently, or does killing mobs 'waste' experience and the experience does not go into any particular skill?
PS: How do my stats look? I got lucky with some good ether diseases (wings for speed, giant head for learning) but I want to know how they appear given that I'm level 17.