Non-slip boots are really useful, especially in Hiberheim.
Yeah but don't you find Snow Boots? Each of my characters had a set.
Playing a Cleric I did make a 'club with nails' a few times as it was the best bashing weapon I could find, but eventually I just gave him a blade since it was doing more damage anyway even with the cleric 'blunt weapon' trait.
I started the game with one character just carrying every ingredient she could find and spent WAY too much time trying to craft things with the stuff, and of course 95% of everything crafted was useless.
Honestly I wish what you could craft was cut down to about 25% of what we have now ... AND it be actually useful. IMO would be a much better system overall.