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I'm playing an Iksar necro.
Field of Bone is one of the best starting zones in the games for necros in particular hands down! It makes Misty Thicket seem just ok, and that's saying something.
I mean it has a 5th level mini-dungeon in it that you can farm spiderling silk in. And Kurns tower is great xps when you hit teens! You can pull from the pit without having to sit on zone walls as you have to do in other zones.
Faction is a minor issue if you care. I (regrettably) went to the mainland at 16th. I turned in some bone chips as soon as I got there in the tunnels of Freeport and can buy, sell & train there with no issue.
There is usually a at least one vendor in every non-dungeon zone you can still buy & sell at. (Shady, gypsies, Rathmana in So Ro, centaurs, etc) only issue is banking. You can do this buy buying something worth plat at the gypsies like Pearls & selling back. You take some loss but it's not that big a deal IMHO.
As far as being accepted in the Old World by whole cities that does take work but it doesn't seem that important in the overall game.
Now not sure which trainer you would use as a shaman though since I didn't have to deal with that aspect.
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