Divine Divinity

- If you save both soldiers in the starting village, you can learn a free skill point in a a healing spell.

- If you explore carefully, and have the Meteorstrike skill or a short bow, it's possible to go from level 1 to level 4 by killing Zombie Jake... twice.

- There is no casting delay on spells. You can cast as fast as you can right-click.

- Some people can give you free ranks in certain skills if you do a task for them.

- Spellbooks can be found always at certain places in the world, and randomly on bookshelves and from certain merchants.

- Always get Lockpick up to at least level 3, and Identify to at least level 3 as well, but there's no rush.

- Carry only the essentials into Stormfist Castle.

- Get Alchemy rank 1, which will let you mix potions together. This will let you create the Restoration potion, which even the smallest version restores 50% of your maximum health/mana. Alchemy rank 2 will let you harvest herbs and mushrooms (if you have an empty flask) to make potions yourself. If you buy empty potion bottles every chance you get in Aleroth, you can make enough potions by harvesting the plants in the surrounding forest to keep you in business.

- One point in the Repair skill will keep you from getting stuck somewhere with broken equipment.

- Prioritize Orc Drummers above all other orcs, they can fully heal all orcs in a radius with a drum beat.

- Agility is key for any non-magic user, make sure you have enough of it to keep your chance to hit high.

- The bosses hit hard, ESPECIALLY the magic-users, so don't neglect items to increase your health.

- You can get higher bonuses to health and vitality directly from items than you can by spending attribute points on Constitution and Intelligence.

- The Teleport Stones are your friends, use them wisely, like putting one by a bed for free healing when you rest, or a merchant for selling stuff.

- The Deadly Gift skill - specifically the Scorpion Trap version is very helpful at drawing enemy attacks. It's no longer insanely overpowered, but still helpful.

- Decide what you want your character to be good at. There are plenty of skill points to do a few things, but not enough to do everything. One or two Rank 5 skills are better than 10 rank 1 skills.