Cloudy -
Please get your experience levels up before attempting the crypt. Kill all the worgurs, bats, ratlings, and raiders/rogues in the surrounding area of Valeia. At your level you should also be able kill those rogues hangin' out in the ruins (the one that gives you T'harks lockpicks)
Also, the reason your spells "work sometimes" is probably because you've run out of mana points! At early levels, you can only fire off a burn spell 2-3 times at the most - then you have to run away or backwards until you automatically replenish your mana points-or you can sit and wait it out. Your mana bar and your health bar will fill back up gradually. (Later on, you will find mana potions to use)
Tell us about your party? Do you have any long distance fighters? A bow and arrow? Throwing knifes?
You might find it easier to use the arrow keys on your number pad to move around the countryside.....you know- the 8, 4, 6, 2 keys. I find this game most of the time requires BOTH hands - one on the arrow keys, one hand on the mouse...
Hope this helps some

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Keep us posted!
tabbi
[This message has been edited by tabbikaat (edited 06-02-2001).]