I just started the game and I am finding it hard not to die of boredom the first hour or two of playing. It is nothing but quest after quest of running around a large multilevel town. Meet so-and-so, put oil in lamps, meet so-and-so etc. All I am doing is running around and trying to figure out which floor of the town I need to be on. Toss in zero voice acting and I just click to get through the dialogue so I can try to get past the boredom.

Can I skip all of this? Can I progress my character even if I skip the tedium and go out and actually adventure or should I just move on to something else?