Gotcha: EotB3 is a big pain in the backside on many levels. Personally, I don't recommend starting a new party in this game, but play through the first two games and import your party into the third game, so you can start out with +3/+4/+5 weapons.
You keep all the weapons and armour after importing. Just make sure you hold on to them as you go through the first two games.

As far as I can remember there are some +2 weapons lying around in the forest. You'll have to cut through trees to reach a few hidden areas with more equipment.

There's an axe somewhere in the forest, in case you don't have your own. It might be +2, can't remember.
There should be a mace (also +2?) on the same pile.

I suggest using maces vs about everything that walks around in the mausoleum, for double the damage.
Edit: Except maybe the shadows and zombies. Just test it out which weapon type does more damage do them.

Edit2: Oh, and don't feel guilty about creating characters with 18 in every stat. This makes the game a lot easier.
High strength makes you hit more often with higher damage. It's incredibly useful to have this as high as possible.

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Green_Hilltop: Thanks! I've tried it and feel that although the music is the same, it sounds a bit more clearer and not as bad as before. By the way, do you know why in some videos I've seen an "All Attack" button below the ingame arrow keys that makes all characters attack with their melee weapons at the same time? It's missing in mine and I'm using the GOG install.

Can you please quote me so I get alerted to your response?

Gotcha: The music is probably the same, yeah, but there's not much of it anyway. It's the sound effects that simply stop tripping, which is heaven-sent.

The All Attack button only appears once you've selected which party members you want to attack. You do that by clicking once on a character's name with the left mouse button. Their name will become yellow and that button will appear.