Thanks! Good to know I won't crash and lose an hour of work. I'll try re-binding. I'm sure I can figure it out. No idea why the A key wouldn't work, though. It's the shadow warrior skill,... or something that sounds close to it, lol. Basically, it's supposed to be a summon skill, I think. The magic one I have is the cloud, also a summon skill.... I like having an entourage. As for crafting... I didn't see it before, but I'm sure I can find it. Thanks.
Update:
I still see no crafting area. I'm assuming you meant the menus (inventory/stats/spells) from hitting esc. Either I'm blind, or it's not there.
The spell didn't work because I was oblivious to the fact that it was specific to single handed weapons, which I don't use. My bad. I've got a dual handed skill on A now, and it works just fine.