ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Hello everyone. Please forgive me the matter of this post but I am kind of new to the genre and this game in particular.
What I would like to ask you and by far as I can see reading the forums it's absolutely full of experienced players so that is what I am currently looking for - a piece of advice.

So my story goes like this - I started my game as a Dwarf Bulwark figuring out that I would rely on shielding, strong armour and generally be tanking character. As the levels went by it felt much as I predicted. However hitting lvl 20 changed things drasticly or I am missing something. My main problem as it seems are ranged casting enemies. They do crazy dmg to my char, taking sometimes 1/3 health with one shot.

And that is my humble request - can you take a look at my profile and tell my what wrong ( obviously ) i have done to my bulwark, which stats should I be into more.
Some extra questions I do have :
- where should i head @ my lvl - Dreadfell?
- how do you deal with swarms of enemies like in Last Hope Graveyard. I died there like a doll...
- what stas / talents to prioritize

Hope you won't get mad about asking that kind of 'simple' questions but as i stressed earlier - I am new to the genre.
Profile -> http://te4.org/characters/44832/tome/72 ... f90d82e517

So, you've found Bulwarks main weakness

Rush and step up are your main tools against them - you should probably get more points in both of them. Also, getting resists can help, although they're hard to stack at your level. Apart from that, your stats and skills look reasonably solid. I'd probably get more in riposte, it can let you do some amazing damage combined with assault (maxed riposte will let you get double damage on all three assault hits). Your accuracy also looks a touch low, might need another generic or two in the accuracy talent.

As for the last hope graveyard, you need to open all the coffins before going into the final room, or all the bosses in the coffins will come out at once and swarm you - and very few characters can survive that.