The funny thing is the difficulty gets much easier and the people get much harder the more you play
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Pro Tip - The crushbone belts and shoulderpads are valuable. I would recommend filling your inventory with backpacks and looting as many belts and pads as you can and look for opportunities to sell them.
This can help with some initial funds that you can use to fill out your spell book and get some minor gear.