Fire magic is not a newb-friendly skill to start with, exactly because the ressarch requirements are expensive. I'd raise something else as my main damage skill to at least 25 first.
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Guys I got an answer today to all my problems. Brizzt ingame today took me to starter island. The thing is, when I first started this character it was way back pre-alpha and htere was no starter island! So I had missed a lot of stuff that you all probably take for granted and am now on my way to learning more skills as well, most importantly psychology and teleport (when I finish this line of quests). It seems fire magic is advanced and I am going to go Psych as my other skill for now.
Thanks all for the help.
Yeah, if you wait, you can get fifteen levels or so of Fire without doing anything but being nice to NPCs.
I'd do that until some simple combat skill can take the flaming critters and then you can just farm fire dust to your heart's content. You do need more than two combat skills to switch in and out of, anyhow.