Hi again Kiya! Thanks for your tips concerning pickpocket. I started over and am at lvl 1 pickpocket, and boy have I made a killing. I just rob all but 1 gold piece, and accumulated about 600,000 gold so far. And when I get to BF, I simply buy all the charms available and then steal back the gold I spent minus 1 gold piece. I must have a total of 50 to 60 charms by now and the ones i dont want (except for the gold charms) I just use as trading currency. Since I've accumulated so much gold and charms, I didnt bother wasting skill points on trading.
To honourcobain: If you like impossible to get far type games, that's your choice. But since I'm spending $45, I would like to make reasonable progress in a game. I'm not saying I want too easy, that is boring, but impossible is unacceptable to me.