@fable and Sojourner, may just be a bug cos I was thief at time of purchase of silent coins tattoo and no change in experience, have since changed to both mage and fighter and still no increase in experience or 'use' buttons.
@fable - have 64MB RAM
also, game crashed several times - ball lightening had been cast on me, I returned with reign of anger, my screen went red/pink as usual then froze...with an odd flickering over the pause button! Oh the trials and tribulations of RPG playing
Next q. where do I get the patch from?