Posted August 22, 2021
adelyorn: I feel like an absolute idiot, turns out I was wearing a "magical crown", which seems to have been draining me of life over time and whenever I ate... Threw it on the floor and won't look back.
The crown that you got from the albino rat is cursed. Your screen flashes, when you put it on. Considering the mani rune in the secret room: Wen you create a mage or a druid, you'll always get the rune. A paladin doesn't always get it. I created a paladin with an int of 22 and no casting skill and I got a shortsword. Then I made a paladin with an int of 17 and a casting skill of 8 (which happens to be my highest skill together with defense, no idea whether that's relevant) and I got a mani rune instead of the shortsword.
But lesser healing is a spell of the second circle, so you'll need to be at least level 3 or 4 to actually cast it.