Thank you.

Accustomed to notr difficulty i am going with ab. I will get quick learning at 6 or 7 and save all tablets fir when above 250 ak. Now i will make a quick run to buy all tablets from merchants and get teleport stones.

Maybe when i hit clvl 10ish we will exchange experience as now im only 3 :)

Cheers!

What many people don't know is that you can create magic shields with staffs, but they're mana-dependent (each hit reduces your mana). Of course, you need the "Magic staves" skill.

G3iMap (installation required). Great, but not updated with CP/AB stats.
Treasure Hunters Map for ingame use. It might interest you, but I haven't tried it, so I can't say what exactly does it do. Installed by moving the file (gui.mod) into ...\Gothic 3\Data.
Map for plants.

Merchants' inventories are randomly generated, so save/loading is heavily recommended unless you're going OLOG if you want tablets.
Actually, I saw walkthroughs for getting LQ at level 1, even without CP/AB when it had 100 AK as a prerequisite. With AB the skill costs 7 LPs instead of 5, but is 50 AK and 2000 gold cheaper, so it's available even more easily.
This is an example: Also, invest either into lockpicking (two levels are a must, I usually do even the third one) or learn the Open Locks spell (not an end-game spell with AB) / stock up on Open Locks scrolls. Don't forget to grab all the Weapon, Mage and XXL chests. Those are the ones that contain some random items and a predetermined weapon/shield/blueprint or scroll/potion/amulet/ring/staff or a pure magic ore blank/rare scroll. You'll always get the special items in the same order, regardless if you begin with chest #1 or chest #37 (except for XXL chests, where it's random, so save/load if you want PMOBs)

Weapon chests in / [url=http://www.gothicz.net/images/g3/mapy/truhlyvarant.jpg]Varant / Nordmar.
Mage and XXL chests in / [url=http://www.gothicz.net/images/g3/mapy/truhlyvarant-mag.jpg]Varant / Nordmar.

Lots of useful tips as always guys!

Btw, do all merchants sell ak tablets? In reddock neither sebastian nor getford seem to sell them /did the reloading/

Im playing with ab and ai on.

and i will get LQ at clvl 6 and wait with tablets after 250 ak - just like motr ;)

Edit: what do the 2 acronyms stand for OLOG and PMOB?

Mainly artifact traders sell them. Try to get two tablets from each of these (the list may not be fully correct/complete): OLOG - One Life, One Game. This means no reloading except for ending a game session or gamebreaking bugs. No "what if I tried this" situations, no "chanceloading" for randomly generated things (trading inventories, chests, pickpocketing etc.). And if you die (no matter why), it's game over.

PMOB - pure magic ore blank, the even rarer version of magic ore blank used for smithing.

cool - everyday u learn something new :)

Btw, getting this QL at clvl 6 and saving tablets / lecterns for over 250 AK seems to be more of a bang for my buck,doesn't it?

EDIT:
1. is it ok to buy and run around in rebel armours at the beginning? Or it might have some negative consequences like in NotR when ppl would attack u on sight when u were wearing bandit armour?

2.where can i get so early in the game a good staff and some robes - I want to be a mage asap?

3. this magic shield looks nice and is so mage-ish;) is it worth learning? with mana regeni guess it is ok.

4, as i understand it ok - firemage makes your fire spells deal more dmg = fireball more powerful. But army of darkness looks nice and tempting. So fireball will suffer a lot when not becoming a fire mage?

5. reputation - i read that u cannot get over 60 rep with rebels for examle as all orcs will attack u on sight and u r unabl to do quests for orcs. Any other reputation thresholds I shall be aware of?

6. alchemy and str - shall i put any LP into them or lecterns / potions will be enough?

7.improved robes - doeas it work? i read it is broken somehow.

8 i did 2 quest in reddock and killed seveal orc scouts - the orc patrols - i hope it will not ruin the game .

9. How many animal trophies skills shall i learn - i read u need some for quests?

Bw, with AB and AI and medium difficulty it is like NotR :) I cleared reddockcaves with a bow and hit and run tactics :)