The charms are very helpfull in the game.
They give you more strength, or more vitality, or a better resistance to poison, etc.
I used them a lot.
This is a link for more informations :

http://lariancom.siteprotect.net/ub...&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

For Kiya : sorry, but i cannot give a better soluce than yours !

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