This is certainly a bug. I reached Cyseal, did the ship quest, Bertia's quest, killed 2 groups of underground skeletons and did part of Jake's murder quest and i'm still lvl 2. Plus I had the quickwitted trait from start. It takes 8k exp to reach level 3.
No, I did the usual things on the beach:
Kill the crabs, rescue the shell and then kill the orcs.
It might be caused by that bug Stabbey reported, where just talking to the shell gives you >4000XP (although I didn't notice that one) or by my chars gaining XP also for all the orcs that got slain by the guards.
I asked about this earlier, and was told no. The total damage is divided over both hits of the attack. This can be both an advantage (if you backstab, you get two crits) and a disadvantage (one of your hits can miss).
Hm, Rogue-Scarlett is still pretty strong in comparison to Warrior-Roderick, but maybe it evens itself out with higher levels and better gear.
In videogames, generally you don't start out with top-of-the-line stuff which outclasses most of the equipment you can find early on.
Oh, I'm aware of that, it's just the plausibility that's somewhat missing there.
I'm not requesting high-level uber-gear, just something a little bit closer to non-magical standard stuff you can find and buy in Cyseal
