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<\/a><\/p>\nThe game effectively and swiftly teaches you the basics of conversation with NPCs, training, and fighting within the first hour. Combat is fairly simple – you right click on your opponent to either begin swinging, or select them with a left click and choose any of your available spells. I quickly found that my Smite spell worked much better than trying to melee with my lousy damage (1-3 points) mace. Once I hit level 4, I found the priestess in the Abbey who allowed me to train a few new skills<\/a>, such as Shadow Word: Pain (30 damage over 18 seconds).<\/p>\n There are plenty enough quests in and around Northshire Abbey to take you at least to level 6 (I am currently level 5 with a few quests to go). Most are “seek and destroy” style – kill a type of kobold, kill wolves for meat, or kill bandits for ransom on their scarves. Deputy Willem gives out the ransom quests – if you play, make sure you complete the bandit\/scarves quest to upgrade your weapon.<\/p>\n Milly Osworth’s quest for her wine introduces a slightly new twist to the theme; you need to retrieve her grapes from the vineyard, which has been overrun by bandits. In order to get the grapes, you must “open” the chest, which takes long enough that you might get attacked by multiple bandits. Like the others, however, this quest is relatively easy.<\/p>\n In fact, only twice did I find myself in any real danger. The first time was my initial engagement with the bandits who, unlike the wolves or kobolds, would attack immediately within a particular range, sometimes bringing along friends (you could pick a kobold’s nose and he wouldn’t be bothered). The other danger point involved someone breaking from combat and dragging two bandits over to me. A little run and gun saved my skin both times.<\/p>\n
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