Hickory: That's not quite true. You can wait poison out, and with enough luck you will survive it. You can also remove poison with a Potion of Detox, the Divination spell Detox, or have a healer remove it.

xy2345: It may be a little late, but in the first (abandoned) village there's a magical well, that heals you. You can sit the poison out by resting in front of the well and occasionally replenishing your hp. In the next village you can buy a heal spell, so if you have at least one point in divination, you can then replenish your hp on your own. From that point on poison has never been more than a nuisance to my mage/cleric.

stryx: And after 20 hours I've finished the game. It was quite enjoyable. I played a spellcaster build and the only times when the game annoyed me was when monsters saved against my spells.

It was a lot of kill x monster, then rest y hours, rinse and repeat. But the sense of exploration carried the game and I'm looking forward to the second game.

lordhoff: BTW, I believe that if you pay Priest Michael, he can heal you. Don't know if its any cheaper then buying the potions though.

Jarmo: I don't think I'll go alchemy, especially with the one sheet inventory system.
One point in divination, guess that doesn't quite give anything yet?
Hoping to learn a simplex healing spell or something.

I seem to be spreading skill points all over the place, a bad idea probably.
Mostly going for strength and whacking everybody with big swords.

stryx: That's true, but it didn't work for me, because I was an atheist.

The message that I received, when a poltergeist tried to curse me, always cracked me up. "A curse was cast upon you, however as an atheist you find the idea absurd and suffer no effect." Splendid! :-)

Anyways, I had my own healing spell, so I rarely drank potions.