Wow Barter 5 or 6 and high Charisma and a great attitude really brings prices way way down, 5000 for a stat or skill book at Teller of secrets. I never had anything in Barter until I edited my characters this playthrough.
The only downside is then your character used needed combat skill points to improve the gear, which in a few levels will be obsolete or un-competitive. As you said it is an economy though, you kill more, find more, steal more and repeat the process, I love it.
There are definitely some useless skills like weapon specialization. But barter, charisma and loremaster are very powerful. They dont rip directly the enemy apart, but gives you indirect advantage with similar result.
Barter skill and Hortun vendor is the best way to get unstoppable party. Well, the final battle could be quite pathetic then. That creature fallen in 3th turn, in front of my heroes. Party members was barely scratched.
Yep, I found a complain in a serious web-game official review that teller of secrets book are expensive. That poor guy. Books are cheap like hell. Book have a value of 2 common weapons found in random fight. 5k gold you can make from 4 wood pices. Buy them for 5gold, rip by axe, combine and sell staff for 1500 each. Best bussines ever. I bought about 25 pairs of these lovely skill books.
