It took many many hours since whenever I die I start over and don't restore prior saves. Traps were my main bane, not combat which was typically easy given the ability to have almost unlimited potions and use them without taking up a combat turn. Only one combat was challenging after act 1 and that was the place I was taken too by a oh-so-helpful cave ghost <snarl> near the end.
This forum was a lifesaver - I don't love puzzles and the help I got here with the puzzles made the game a lot more fun. Hopefully I've given some help back too.
I finished as a level 30 warrior with my DK a mage. The hammer was especially useful since it paralyzes the enemy. Though a mass damage spell was nice to have when swarmed by over a dozen enemies higher level than we were.
The final battle was, er, interesting. The enemy didn't use potions but was level 40 and thus real hard to hit. Having a STRONG aversion to replaying the entire game to get back to that fight I came up with what proved to be a highly successsful strategm almost at once. Switched myself to have maximum points in the hammer spell (with my intelligence of 1 LOL) and alternated hammer spells and swinging my big sword. The rest was easy - the enemy only was unparalyzed a few times and couldn't hurt me faster than I could suck down potions - thanks to the hammer I could hurt him.
