Debra, I didn't bother with any of the "craft whatever" feats since the manual description was so complex and the cost so high.

You might want to do a search at the Atari forums, they have (finally) split the TOEE forums up so searching should be a little easier.

For some reason I haven't bothered to read the manual on this one. I guess I should do that instead of picking your brain, but.......
So far I've made a couple of cloaks and some bracers 3+ (of armour I think). Money is no object I don't know what I'm doing though.

Is anyone else having this happen to them? I have
Elmo and Rufus in my party and when we go to sell
items they just give the merchant some of the inventory items we have and then I have to buy them back.

Debra, they coded it so NPC's in your party sell their own loot, so whatever they are carrying they will attempt to sell when you are conducting business with a merchant.

That's how I understand it, I never have Elmo hold anything so I don't lose anything.

That's weird. You create a charismatic character
with high appraise skills to sell for everyone
and these NPC's are selling important items that
you don't want sold.
BTW, are those fire, earth, air and water robes
important?

I think wearing the robes help you avoid fights in their respective temples, but I found that the temple leaders talk nice and give you quests even if you're not wearing them.

I eventually ditched them since they were kinda heavy to carry around. You eventually end up fighting most everyone anyway.

Yeah, that's my thing - they're too heavy. I'm
now finding the monsters spawning in the walls thing. Lots to fix with the patch. I tried the
Circle of 8 fan fix, but it didn't change anything
for me. My NPC's still won't share items except money and my Bracers of Armor 3+ still don't give
me the upgrade to my AC. But, I just keep plugging along. I'm sure I'll try to replay it after the patch to get my money's worth.
I think I have more fun creating parties than playing at this point.

Well, I've made it to level 2 in the Temple. I'm
working on strategy for the fire salamanders and
the fire temple guard. I think I need one more level up so my casters will have some better buffs
to offer the rest of my crew.
Where are you Schwab? Are you still on hold? My
mouse is still swimming, but I'm slowly pressing
on.

Yeah, I've still got it on hold, I'm playing Might & Magic instead and waiting for Knights of the Old Republic and Simpsons Hit 'n Run.

I remember that hall with the fire salamanders, it was very, very hard. I had my strongest fighter taking most of the heat (literally) and had the cleric nearby healing him. Elmo helped out by killing the lesser lizards that showed up behind the party. Long fight, plus the game slowed down significantly so it seemed to go on forever.