2. Don't want to go underground at Mirkland, since with no direct escape I'll have to fight my way out, I'm a druid who recovers slowly underground, and as a mage will have to stock up on mana, and at this point I have neither the reagants nor the money.
3. Can't finish the the underground rooms since I don't have the key to the larger magic circle room. (At 1% chance of picking, I'm guessing my only choice might be to quicksave and retry a whole bunch of times to get to the magic circle... assuming it brings me someplace, hopefully deeper in the catecombs.)
4. Don't want to deal with the witch and her zombies just yet. Not until I have better spells and more mana and more mana potions, and I don't want to waste those potions until I'm stuck under Mirkland with no escape.
...Well... I guess the only options are 1. trying to pick the 1% lock and 2. Waste mana potions on fighting her and her zombies. Killing her quickly obviously isn't an option since she summons the things as soon as you attack her... or wait long enough before attacking her. ...But there's no loot in that, to let me buy more spells and some more mana potions and ingredients (which I rarely pick up, even with 12 foraging, sigh).
I guess the main thing is there're no places left, that I know of, where I can find gold or sellable items to buy supplies with. (Except the Omentor place with the devices, maybe, probably, but I haven't found that spring yet, which makes me think maybe I have to head north to find it... unless it's hiding under Mirkland (not tackling until I'm stocked up).
...For that, maybe I'd have to pick the goblins off one by one, like I did with the Akadai. Except those weren't quite as difficult.
...Can't get north yet, either... sigh... .
Okay, okay, not a question or pointing out an issue. Sue me.
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EDIT: No actual spoilers, please!