Well, you can use signs, you can roll away with the double wsad, you can change styles (actually you need to do that to survive).This game is mainly about the interaction between characters and combat is quick and deadly.You should play it soem more and you will see if you lik it or not. Combat...
I just loved the ghost by the cemetary entrance in Act II saying "My wife is a whooore!" in the Czech version. The voicing is just perfect.And Talar is just fantastic too.
Have you examined the body of the girl? It should give you a text box. And pick up the posion bottle. This may also help.Apart from that, try to re-enter the crypt after meditation. Try 12 and 24 hours cycles.Apart from these tipds I can not halp you. The quest worked fine for me.
If you fight the Frightener you receive 1 red meteorite from Vesemir. Leo dies. You need to make the potion for Triss. In Act I you will face stronger salamandra opponents (a mutated dog?) on the bridge.If you go for the lab, you get no meteorite. Leo dies. You need to make the potion for Triss...
Yes, it was the choice and the resulting consequence. If you go for the lab, you do not get the meteorite, but fighting Salamandra on the bridge in Act I is easier. Leo dies whatever you do.