I have killed enough skeletals to get two granite legs, while this has paid for the prayer pots (and the farming of ranarrs, lol), it does seem to be rather difficult of a drop. although i am getting a load of mith-rune bolts, so this is worth it since crossbows are now useful too :) btw, i did talk to the dude and the duke, safety first?
i used blast furnace for a new hours to get my smithing from 60 to 63, then i used a mature dwarven stout from "forgettable tale of a drunken dwarf" (note: drink a normal one to make the normal mith 2h at 64 smith, dont waste your time with your +2!) well, at blast furnace i brought enough stuff for 800 steel bars (800 coal and 800 iron ore) then i alched steel plates (brought a friend :D ) then afterwards i did iron knives since i had left over iron and bought them at the blast furnace shop... (btw, devious minds is worth it for the cut scene : )
yeah, all potions start as 3 dose (make sure to check the prices for 3 AND 4 before buying) while they are usually sold as 3 doses, for the sake of having more potions/inventory space you should change them to 4 dose in whatever you are doing.