Agree - this is one of the ealier quests that should be left till last.
First time round I missed Autoflix (or whoever) so I'd stashed the Alchemist's herbs in the battlefield [then forgot and couldn't find them for ages - dumb eh?] so got through OK eventually.
Should be some indication though that this _may_ mean missing out on some quests/items from the omnipresent DK - but then if we start down that route...
