[Radek]

1. It depends on the levels of the missing spells. Each role can acquire any spell but:
a) If the magic school is "yours" then you can learn any spell in that school up to level

min(your_level, corresponding_magic_skill)

b) Otherwise, you can learn any spell in that school up to level

min(your_level, corresponding_magic_skill/2)

Assuming that you have vinecraft 7, you will be able to learn vine spells up to spell level 3 (at character level 3) in any role. When you upgrade your vinecraft to 8, you will be able to learn vine spells up to spell level 4 (at character level 4) in any role. And so on.
Therefore, always try to learn high spell level spells first. You can learn the low spell level spells in any role.

2. I don't think the bard is worth of it. But your theory is correct. You can gain a lot of moon spells by becoming a bard temporary, learning some spells and then becoming a ninja or an assasin (or both) and continue gaining moon spells. This will cost you much less XP than you would need becoming a ninja immediately.
But beware. Once you become a bard, you gain a rather useless Music skill and you will be unable to get rid of it. The Music skill can scroll out another useful skill from your skill window.

3. The button closes and opens the crate leading to the room. You can "shut the door" behind yourself and loot the chest without being disturbed by any monster. Then you can click the lever again and leave the room. That's all. In the other words, a not wery useful lever.

4. The contents of the chests is completely random. As far as the spiders are concerned, they can diesase you. Be careful!

5. Yes.

[ 04-22-2003, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: Radek ]