[karlosovic]

re 5. I could only find spells to try the Fire and Resonance combos, used each successfully and got 2 nice wands. when I went to buy more spells to create more of these wands (to sell, they're worth a lot), I put the ingredients in the chest, cast the spell, and got hit by the chest... ingredients gone, no wands. i tried it 3 times with the fire, and once with the resonance after the first time of each... and everytime it just seemed to backfire, waste the reagents and nothing else. The only thing I can think is that it's because Im a Barbarian/Rogue (6/5) and using the use-any-item skill to cast the spells. but the spells seem to cast fine, and if I was failing the use-any-item test, the spell wouldnt work would it ? so that cant be the problem

New question:
how common are the reagents after chapter 2 ? I have a chest at the mercenary barracks with 7 pages of reagents Ive collected...about 1000 each of fairy dust, fen berries, quartz crystals, skeleton knuckles... should I be taking any with me to Ch 3 or will I find plenty of them there ? should I maybe just take some of the rarer ones like dragon blood, Silk Glands or Bodak teeth ? I found an eye of something too, and a piece of IronBark tree or something.... ????

also, which of these are special reagents ? I mean like.. am I confusing dragons blood as a reagent or is it usable by a smith or something to make a good weapon/armour ???