

How important is Bartering? It seems like a short-term, early-game skill like Charisma.

Charisma seems most useful early game for shop discounts, but generally 'meh' afterward. How important is Charisma? It seems useful only in rock paper scissors and lowering shop prices. We plan to play a duo of Wizards (Fire/Earth primarily and Air/Water primarily). I plan to start over with a new party (go, go multiplayer!) with each of us playing on Hard using the Source Difficulty mod.
