Thanks everyone, here's a few more for the patient and knowledgeable...
4) When I mouse over an item and it's identified, I understand luck helps determine how good it is. Is this based on the highest luck in party, or the luck value of the current leader?
5) Somewhere or other (I think in one of the reviews) I read about a weapon switch, i.e. to use bow & melee; maybe they were just referring to the primary and secondary skills. Is there any key combination to automatically switch melee and ranged weapons? (specifically onehanded+shield to bow, I didn't experiment to see if I could switch 2hander to bow)
6) Can summoned creatures not use bows? I gave my skellie in A1 a hunters bow which had no stat requirements listed, and no red marks when in his inventory, but he could not wield it, though he could equip arrows.
7) It seems to me that restoration potions (at least the minor ones) are not as effective as they were in DD, though I could be mistaken as I haven't crunched the numbers; are they still a % of hp/mp restored? (I can probably find the answer to this one, but since it's on my question page I'll put it here just in case, and go look while I wait for replies!)
Thanks again!