Tips and Tricks

Fight in choke points



Close gates/doors when all your characters actions are recharging



Time your attacks to when a creature is prone to have their attack reset



Move around while fighting if all else fails

The most common party is fighter/fighter/rogue/mage for good reasonOn hard difficulty, fighting one group of enemies can often be the only way to surviveWhen playing in old school mode, you can set it to windowed mode and draw a map using a program or have a map handy from google, or of course the always faithful pencil and paper route.Your max load is largely irrelevant in the first levels, providing you use all your characters as the pack mules they are.Careful putting early points into a specific weapon skill, as what you may want your character to be later on may change when you find that awesome axe only to remember you put all your points into Maces and UnarmedIt's not a good idea to put points in Staff Defense or Dodge (unless you're running quad-mage of course, then I admire your bravery)Putting 2 points into Fire Magic early is a good practice as it's one of the first scrolls you can find in gameHaving a character starve is not the end of the world, if you are just exploring than their health regeneration means nothing until you get back into the thick of battle, remember, there are always the healing crystals