I'm a new player whose Roguelike experience is mostly with ADOM. I tried one character, an archer, and within a day both my sword and bow were broken and I couldn't afford anything else. I tried exploring the wilderness and killing snails but much more than that and my pet had to kill everything until inevitably some creature stronger than a rabbit would get past them and kill me. Based on my experience, weapons break so fast in this game that it's not even worth trying to use them. What am I missing with weapons? Should I just be a spellcaster or whatever the equivalent of an ADOM Monk is?