That's a terrible way to go

Anyways, Vegetarian Vampire subdungeon is
filled with crimson pods today allowing you to rack up max MP. I went for a health broth and three magi soups.
Deity pool is JJ/Taurog/PM, all of them fairly close to each other and near the entrance. However, exploring in that direction offers very little other than altar access and there are few monsters or glyphs worth picking up there. BURNDAYRAZ, the hidden subdungeon (which is armory, by the way) and the majority of the good level-up fodder are elsewhere. I had to blow two health potions at level 1 because I ran out of food, but after that initial scare I found some good level-up fodder and everything went smoothly from then on.