ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

At low levels, anything that multiplies, particularly things that multiply and poison you. I agree about this. Although in older *bands, that was MUCH worse. A less-than-third level character in some of those old ones even seeing a Giant White Louse or failing to kill the first five or ten White Wo...

Alchemists... can basically sit around in town and churn money, then shopscum. for example, a buddy suggested Essence-extracting Wands of Noxious Cloud then making a pile of Venomous Daggers... however... I found it even more efficient and fast to buy Scrolls of Light, yank the Essences of Light out...