Welcome aboard Shadow_Walker ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/party.gif" alt="" />
Here's what I can say about the game so far...Sorry if I can't answer all your questions.
2/ I'm 33 years old. I started playing games in 1998 & I'm not going to stop any soon. I purchased DD recntly.
3/ About magic powers. You can put up to 5 skill points. You have to wait a few levels before being able to another one. In short, you have no choice to be "diverse" in your skills. I strongly suggest to choose a few & put most of you skill points on it.
I'm playing a lady named Runhild. She's a fighter of level 27. My prefered skills so far :
Meteorite (fireballs like) 5 skill points
Unlock (or whatever the name is. Very useful to open doors or locked chests)
5 skill points
Elven Sight (which allow you to see your enemies far away) 2 skill points
Regenaration (allows you to heal yourself) 4 skill points
Identify (helps you determining what a magical item does) 5 skill points
Alchemy (you can create your own potions instead of always bying) 5 skill points
A word of advise here....do NOT spend all your skill points right away. Try to keep at least two as "emergency solution". Why ? I'll give an general example.
I played yesterday evening. In order to get access to a certain guild, I had to go throught some tests. If I didn't have kept a few skill points in bank, I wouln't have been able to purchase a specific skill & succeed in my tests.
In the early biginning, go ahead & spend them. As you reach level 15 try to keep some skill points in bank. It might be VERY useful if you are stuck. Otherwise, you'll have to go out & get a few levels. And getting levels just to have skill points is BORING. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />
Hope this will help <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
