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Ragash,
I'm with Ziggurat and Nightowl2. Keeping buffing spells up at all times is crucial. Without them, you will suffer tremendously. Later on in the game, you'll pick up the Element Shield and Soul Shield spells. These are only good during combat, but you'll find them indispensible if you want to stay alive and not spend all of your time resting/healing/using potions.
The side benefit of keping spells going constantly (including Chameleon, X-Ray, Identify Secrets, etc) is that you'll continue to improve your magic ability. The easiest example is the Identify Item spell. By the time you get the spell, you might be lugging around 30-40 items that are unidentified. If you identify all that you can, rest, and repeat as much as needed, you'll pick up substantial gains in your mental realm. This beats levelling up repeatedly and dumping precious points into a realm.
If you haven't noticed this yet, monsters can't open doors. This means that in places like Arnika, if you close yourself into a room or building (i.e. go inside and close the door behind you), that you can rest over and over without being attacked.
My thanks to ChaosTheorist for the comments on hybrids. Silly misstatements on my part.
Enjoy,
tuck
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