I've never had a use for life leech, I put my points on the regeneration rate upgrade and change any equipment I find that has the life leech enchantment over to the life aura {regen rate}. I have been lucky to have found the aura that will regen at the rate of 0.2 and 0.175. I max out the lock pick for the simple reason of being able to open any chest i want, so i don't have to rely on finding the key. I also lean heavily on the alchemy {potion brewing skill} too, because there just isn't a lot of plant life to be found, to make the potions I need. one thing I wished they had done was to make them a little more plentiful {like in the "Gothic" series}, but you make do with what you find.
