I'm on level 7 right now and I've a few questions that've been nagging at me.

1. when I converted a wizard into a druid, the HP(hit points) for the druid became ###+/### where # is a digit. What does that + thing mean?

2. I notice that when I sell something to the shop, it seems to appear right away for sale in the shop. I wonder if this is how the shop works--that is, the shop is really a collection of items that fellow adventurers found during their exploration and sold for cash.

3. If the above is true, does it hold for the entire game, or does it hold for on a town to town basis. That is--when someone sells something in say--Lyesis, will it immediately become available in the Lyesis shop to all adventurers or does it become available in all the shops throughout the game to all adventurers.

4. How much more do the various towns charge for inns, equipment, and clinic aid proportionally?

5. the AC helps protect against physical attacks, but does the AC really help in terms of protecting against spells? I don't notice a huge difference in the amount of damage a frost dragon does by blasting ice at me if I have 20 AC or 60 AC(I increase my AC dramatically by implementing various spells/items in the hopes that I get reduced damage, doesn't seem to help too much)

any help in answering these questions would be greatly appreciated