Ogre or Troll for SK?

[Jimjam]

Starting from scratch I'd suggest troll just so you can have an innothule swamp bind.

It's far better xp there than feerrot, and the levels where innothule struggles guk seems to do really well.

Speaking of guk, that is an awesome zone if you are starting from scratch, especially as an SK; even the lowest level mobs can drop jems worth several platinum. Woven armour (vendors well and decent AC for up to 9) drops like candy. The large spider drops chitin shell armour and chitin shell shield, both items have good AC values. As you get in to your teens and kill higher level frogs in groups you can fill your slots out with mesh.

Between the gems, spider silk and spare armour you will create a nice nest egg for purchasing a weapon... that is assuming you aren't simply handed a dark reaver or enambled black mace by someone coming up from lower guk.

As a SK it is also worth trying to beg for an invis and sneaking down to lower guk to loot some shin greaves and shin gauntlets. These items are always rotting, have a plate look and decent AC to get you started. The basalt carapace is sometimes rotting, but is harder to reach (on a similar note, try convince spectre killers in oasis to kill a few deep water goblins for you to get an opalline helm).