Definitely wear the leather armor for now. Leather armor +2 is better than chain mail +0. I would try to identify the plates. If they are +2 dump upgrade scrolls into them so that you can wear them with 15 strength and then do so when you reach that. Or try to reach the smith and upgrade the armor with his quest reward.
What wand did you get from the wandmaker? My usual approach is to imbue my staff with that and then use it as my main weapon and upgrade it further.
Got wand of corruption from Wanamaker. I was gonna wear the leather going forward. The chain has viscosity and that helped me weather tengu traps. And plate armor is no upgrades
Definitely wear the leather armor for now. Leather armor +2 is better than chain mail +0. I would try to identify the plates. If they are +2 dump upgrade scrolls into them so that you can wear them with 15 strength and then do so when you reach that. Or try to reach the smith and upgrade the armor with his quest reward.
What wand did you get from the wandmaker? My usual approach is to imbue my staff with that and then use it as my main weapon and upgrade it further.
Got wand of corruption from Wanamaker. I was gonna wear the leather going forward. The chain has viscosity and that helped me weather tengu traps. And plate armor is no upgrades