Thank you both for the replies.
Indeed, Raze, I just found the Body Magic skill book, and I'll probably invest a point in restoration. Also, thank you very much for confiding that you spent no points on intelligence. I intend to follow the same path, more or less ignoring magic. As in real life, both DD and BD show that's it's right to be flexible and wrong to plan a course and closemindedly stick to it.
I now doubt that I'll pursue the dagger path. For one thing, it's corny to have my melee expert wield a weapon more suitable for assassination. For another, in DD my heroine ran across the five-charm Holy Weapon dagger by luck, not by design. I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen in BD. The chance of finding a charmed single-handed sword is much better. So I'm going to unlearn the pierce-damage skill.
Thank you, TheDevine, for your non-spoiling hint regarding gold. It makes me feel more comfortable about learning skills, since I can look forward to having the money to unlearn them. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
