Larian Studios Forums Divinity 2 - Ego Draconis (English) Help/Tips/Tricks Help with attribute point distribution (and skills

Hi everyone. Just started playing yesterday and so far I'm at level 4. My plan is to do mainly melee and maybe supplement it with some ranger abilities. But I was hoping there was some quick way to switch between a sword and bow...is there not a hotkey for this, for example?

Aside from that, though, I'm wondering about my attribute points. So far I've been putting 1 point in Vitality, 1 point in Spirit, and 2 points in Strength. I don't plan to put a point in Spirit each level, this was just to build up a base of mana.

I've always enjoyed playing ranged characters as well, but my experience with the goblins in Farglow was less than enjoyable with the bow...perhaps I didn't give it enough time. However, I encountered a couple of level 5 skeleton mages in the tunnels beneath the burnt chapel that continually killed my warrior until I decided to switch to a bow and try that. Well, this made it nearly trivial since all I had to do was fire and sidestep their magic attacks until they were dead.

So it'd be nice to switch to this option every now and then, but what about Dexterity? Do I need to start putting points into that too? Or should I be trying to balance out points across all stats anyway, since they all help all types of characters?

What's the general consensus for building a warrior/ranger hybrid class?

As for skills, these are what I have planned:

Magic Blast, Mana Leech, Fire Wall, Rush Attack (1 point), Battle Rage, Life Leech (1 point), Bleed, Death Blow, Potion Efficiency (?), Evade (1 point), Explosive Arrows, Lockpick (later in the game?), Dual Wield or Two-Hand (still undecided), and perhaps Summon Demon

Right now I have 2 unused skill points because I can't access any of these yet (already have Rush Attack). Should I be saving them or using them on other things?

Thanks.

Edit: Mainly, I just don't want to hurt myself later in the game. I don't know if this is that type of game where you really need to understand some things before leveling up (like the Gothic series). Or does it not matter if I distribute my points as I want?