The magick shop in Aridell hasn't restocked for quite some time. I've been traveling and camping for for a while now but it's not happening. Also, my char caught dungeon fever and rusty knuckles, after a significant amount of wandering around and camping the diseases would not go away. I eventually cured them with a potion, but if she shop is no longer restocking this is obviouslt going to be a problem.

Diseases do not go away on their own. You need to use a spell, a potion, or a friendly priest (though they charge a LOT most of the time).

Vendors restock after 7 days, so most likely you just haven't waited long enough. It is helpful to get to the other couple towns, as well, so that you can have multiple vendors of each type to shop with. Makes restocking less of a chore.

thanks! still a noob at this, so it looks like i'll need to invest in survival.

Depends on what type of character you're playing. If you want to focus on melee combat, upping your Endurance will also up your resistance to disease.