ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Hi everybody, i have been away from ToMe for a long time and i want to play some again. When i tried it for the first time in beta arcane blade looked cool so i did that, i got into the 20's in levels i
think after many deaths. Im sure about a million things changed about the game so i would like some help.What i need is really detailed build, i cant do trials and error to get it eventually. My wrists, elbows and shoulder cant take too much punishment so i cant play allot.

iv read all i could find that wasnt more than 1 year old on the forums about them. but i still have questions.So almost every say go Stone, but i cant, i didnt unlock it, so fire it is i think? Also if i unlock it, i saw people say you go lightning then unlearn it, you can unlearn things now? how does that work? i see in the skill interface that a recently learned skill can always be unlearned, but whats "recent" and you apparently can unlearn 4 time?

I was thinking to go halfling for race, shield and some sort of weapon, i dont know type, does it even matter?

Where do i put my stats point? when do i put point in magic and when in cunning and.. yeah. i really dont know what to do with my stats points.

There are two Arcane Blade guides on the forums right now, one is for dual wielding which I wrote (http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=38775) and the other is for shields which is also good (http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=38786). Since you don't have Stone, Fire is good too since it lets you get the awesome Flameshock spell. For points refunding, you can always unlearn the most recent four class points you spend (most recent three for generics). This means you can put 4/5 in Lightning, then refund them when you want to learn something else and then put 4/5 back into Lightning so your most recent four spent points are always in Lightning. If you have any most questions that the guides don't cover, you can always ask the game chat since there are lots of helpful people there.

Yeah i have read those guide il make my choices base on those, thanks for explaining about the unlearning thing, that i couldnt find.

I have an other question, since im not unlocking the stone magic, should i unlock the shield offense earlier? what do i do with my "extra" categorie point?

Battle Tactics is a good choice, Step Up is always good for a bursty melee, and Greater Weapon Focus is great damage on an Arcane Blade. I'd get infusions to 5 first personally.