You seriously put 14 levels into mindread?
It's one of the most useless skills in game.
Not only are majority of quests are solvable without it, the XP-for-equipment trades will usually screw you over as they produce items for different classes.
And even when mindread is at level 1 your XP debt is usually worth no more than few trash mob kills.
It's best skill in game together with Fireball. Of course you can solve quests without it, what kind of an argument is that? But you miss plenty of alternate and far more rewarding solutions without using it.
And Tigranes you're a Dragon Slayer for now, pay attention, Dragon Knights are evil. And you can have all hair styles in all 3 colors <_< Just go to the first Illusionist you find and change your appearance.