"PLAGUE TENT" ... I recommend everyone take it.
In battles, when the "tent" is in play, it not only revives and heals
your units, but also infects one of the enemy units
with plague, which is very useful...
Regarding the Tear. I also have an unpatched version, so the hero's path is displayed. For everyone who is so "lucky" (or unlucky?), finding the Tear is easy. But I noticed that it often appears at busy intersections and generally in easily accessible places. In "Expansion," I found the Tear twice in the same location (I was playing on different difficulty levels) - at the intersection near the lower right entrance to the dungeon. So, even though it is generated randomly, the number of places where it can be buried is limited?
By the way, it was terribly disappointing - I taught Shadia everything I could, pampered and cherished her, and she turned out to be a Bear!