This is true. Still, some kind of direction would have been nice -- I think I spent an hour debating between Chiaroscuro, the deep desert road to Gem, and trying to hire a sand ship. Still need to review Scroll of Kings to see if a sand ship is feasible.<br/><br/>By the way, can we just skip fighting the mole hound on the basis that I have a high enough parry DV to automatically block each of its attacks and its DV is, well, easy kill?