Got back to Delven archer I had from some time, was going pretty good. Found a bookshop, restocked it, got some neat spellbooks. Went to a level with herbs and started reading all my books.

Reading Create Item (I guessed it'd be a good boost to Literacy and Le) - spellbook drained my health from 160 to -60hp. Wow, just wow. I didn't even know such things could happen. Not having -Fate to save you with 1hp kinda sucks