I just came to p99 and, not to be rude, but this is a personal problem. I just took a troll sk from 1-9 w/o grouping once in the swamp.
Like others have said, you're probably still using your starting weapon and little to no armor. The fact is, you can upgrade the rusty weapon drops with sharpening stones. Maces and such for a shaman, though not all blunts can be upgraded this way. As to armor... Netted and Mesh armor drops left and right from frogloks and tads. By lvl 5, barring incredibly bad luck, you should AT LEAST have a full set of netted.
There are quests that give you weapons and raw-hide and patchwork armor. As you get duplicates, sell them and upgrade to leather.
By the time I left I had a decent magic 1hb (8/26 +5str, 2wis, 2int) that someone had sold to a vendor, enough pp to buy a full set of Large Banded armor, full leather armor to wear until I upgraded (just did), and still have 121pp left over.
Innothule is probably the best starting zone in the game imo. You can realistically lvl from 1-50+ w/o ever going more than 2 zones away from your starting city. There aren't a ton of quests, but those that are there are useful.
Tip, loot every rusty weapon that drops and use a sharpening stone on it when possible. Many are worth 2-3gp a piece and for a newbie w/ no real expenses, that adds up quite nicely. Better yet, loot everything. Almost all of it sells or has a quest attached to it for exp. Newbie quests are there to help you. Idk why people avoid them like the plague.
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