I've been killing slime all afternoon with a smithy hammer for a whopping zero - 0 - raise in STR. And i'm only at 77 by now. WTF? Is it that hard to raise str or am i missing something?

Yeah - i can c that. But over 2 hours hitting slime with a smiths hammer?

lol - guess i'll just have to kill more slime with that stupid good for nothing smithy hammer. Made me gain 4% mace skill which prolly will cost me alot to get rid off

Just found out that those nice orc mages are helpful. They lower my str, making it possible for me to gain str with swords.

Haven't read all the posts but drink beer, wine etc while training it lowers stats and I find you get gains quicker,same as a mage casting in principal,without the resist gains.

Yeah - nice tip sir. Unless i end with with even more int gains that way that i'm already getting. I'm a warrior - don't need brains only muscles. lol