Great thing with adding this game. It's quite, if not to say much, better than part 1, too.
Btw. when you have the runes VAS + ORT + YLEM, try to use them to cast a spell. But save before, it can fuzzle too. And it increases in use with higher levels.
Also, the same trick as in first part works here too. You place any potion on the ground, work on it with fireball or lightning and when it turns to ashes, this ashes can be picked up and used as if they still were the potion, but now forever.