There are a few guaranteed climbing sets in the game which you can use. The only one available to you right now that I can think of would be inside the gremlin cave. The gremlin cave is the dungeon in the very far south west of the map.
The gremlin cave is a frustrating place for the unprepared and downright deadly for the underpowered who try to venture into it. First, it is completely dark. Second, there are water traps everywhere. Third, gremlins and fluff balls (I think of them as dehydrated gremlins) will produce more gremlins when exposed to water. This means that the entire level will become completely infested with gremlins.
However, gremlins also have a magic weakness. The spell Light. Casting Light from books, memory or from a wand will damage gremlins in an area around you, making it much easier to advance as well as lighting the area so you can see where you are going.
If you don't have the spell light, you can use an amulet of light or torch and just hack your way through the cave. This will give you a lot of weapon skills but eventually the gremlins will become so difficult you may become stuck in the cave and die...
I said it before, and I'll say it again. If I knew scripture like you, I'd prolly be an athiest too.. -gut
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