Sigh...ok, thanks all. I've restarted, this time going with a Sword-and-Shield tank (bye bye, Archer...: (--and discovered that the 'Escort the Healers' quest had a 10-day limit. Sigh. Restart. Again.
This Diablo II knockoff has some good play potential--I'm certainly enjoying myself--but I must admit to being somewhat perplexed as to how it can still be so buggy that some of the skills are totally broken, and you can fail some of the quests without even realizing it, because there's *nothing* in the game to tell you so. And after, what? A year? 2 years?--since release.
Still fun enough to continue playing though.
Have fun!
