Thanks for your input and THANKS for the tip about 1st level spells being refreshed after each encounter (saves me lots of campfires).
My review so far (only played a few hours):
I frickin' love this game. It's like playing Planescape/Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale all rolled into one. I have a ****ty computer, so the graphics aren't great; but who cares. It's just so refreshing to finally play a proper RPG again that doesn't hold your hand and doesn't pander to the **** "social justice warriors". I mean, the game even has _humour_, who woulda thunk it in this day and age.