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I can't find some skills for sale such as tactical retreat and stealth. Are they just for sale as you level up or do I need to find another merchant... Basically I want to know if it's worth restarting to get these skills earlier.

The skill books that the vendors sell are randomly generated within the level restrictions of the area that you're in (i.e. Cyseal skill books shouldn't go above level 10).

Due to the random inventory generation for merchants, you may have the bad luck of not finding what you're actually looking for. Just go out, murder some dead and come back for them to refresh their inventory. Note that I don't know exactly what triggers merchant inventories to refresh. It could be time-based or it could be enough to just go far enough away and then return.

You can "re-roll" npc stocks, just like chests.

Quick save before talking to the vendor, if they don't have books you want, exit the vendor menu, and reload.

Some books are linked to level, and if you can't be bothered to reload, just visit them after you've leveled up or completed a quest. Has worked for me.

you sure about re-rolling vendors?

100% sure.

I re-rolled their inventory several times yesterday.

OK, thx. will try.