ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

I don't know if this counts as a spoiler, but I'm playing safe... I understand that you shouldn't open shops early, as they get filled with goods appropriate for your level, and you don't want L1 goods when you're L20. But how should I decide when is a good time to open up a shop? I'm not even that ...

I'm just starting, playing a Cornac Archer (I prefer ranged characters, ideally mages but I haven't unlocked anything yet...) I've been pushing bow mastery and steady shot, taking the starting point out of sling mastery and putting it in something bow-related (or quick recovery). Generic in disengag...

This is beta 36. The game seems to freeze for no obvious reason, occasionally. When it does, it seems to need to be closed (sometimes it doesn't respond to a close and needs to be terminated. Either way, I lose everything since my last save. I don't see an obvious report of this in the forum, but it...

I don't quite understand how category points work. Can someone explain? Specifically, I've just started a new archer character, and I'm not sure whether it's better to boost something like archery - bows, or unlock an unknown category like dirty fighting, or keep the point in case I get offered acce...