I get random crashes too and all of them have gone away when I loaded an earlier save and tried it again. Does it always happen?

On Vestling Island, just meet Christa The Stunning at the sone circle, i try to donate her a Demon Tongue (obtained via artifact creation) and the game quit to desktop.

Apparently it's because the dialog box remain after the item disappear, and if you click "donate" twice the game crash.

It is continuing to happen, nearly every time there is nothing there. When I say nearly every time I mean I can only remember one having anything in it in the last 6 or 7 attempts.

Should I have unlocked more Rage abilities yet? I am playing at a Skaald class, level 7, I used Rage ability every turn as much as possible yet I have never learned a new Rage skill besides the one you start with that hits all enemies in a circle. This does not seem to correct to me. I do not think I am gaining any experience for my Rage abilities.

You are.

Your rage ability will unlock after you meet the first Walkyrie on the second island (there is a stone circle, is part of the main quest).
After get the Walkyrie on your hero panel, the first battle will give you access to the "gold" ability, and after victory you can choose several ability, oone after another.

After that, you need a patch to fix the "crash in battle" problem :(

Oops, I missed an important detail. You said tree trunk chests - I thought you meant chests you dug up. Those are simply very low chance to provide anything, same with skeletons and urns. I would guess it's 20% or lower but I don't really know... I have found lots and lots of empty ones. Not a bug imo, just annoying.

Sorry to hear that. I've added it.

So... anyone got any idea on how I could proceed past Eric? I have to fight this battle to leave the island, but whatever I do, it crashes sooner or later. Should I start a new character? But what is the guarantee it won't crash at the same battle again?

Another bug I found (seriously, in Crossworlds the russian version was this buggy, by the time we got our version, it was so much better) - I keep getting text messages about my Vikings now avoiding critical hits due to Sense Weakness - but, being a Soothsayer, I never even have that skill! Only happens with Vikings.

+1. It happens to mee too. It is either a bug, or a hidden skill for some units. Should be investigated.

I'd like to add that Beholder is treated as Mage unit. Beholder has no spells so it shouldn't. (He gets more damage from the Magic arrow spell)

Guys, thank you very much for the reports. The devs are working hard to fix as many issues as possible.