Haven't bee playing for the last two days as I've had to make tons of tweaks to my current game for BFG, they are releasing it today. I'll let you know though. I do think that the game is a little tough though. Sometimes you fight something and its ToHit and damage is the same as yours, and then there's like two of them, so you're gonna die. Or if you survive then you have to rest (and get attacked in the night) and then fight the next one. At least I don't need to buy potions all the time since I got high up in the Divination stat.
Basically when I'm epxloring a new area I cast a level 4 Bless and Leatherskin (not got stoneskin yet) and these boost my stats enormously. I've also got pretty good light armour that I've enhanced by using the alchemy skill. Then I fire my powered up bow at them until they get near, then change to sword. This tactic is working out pretty well in most cases. I sometimes use other spells like entangle but it doesn't work on some "big" things (like raptors). I haven't advanced very far in elemental magic yet. Basically I started as a warrior and kept getting whipped so decided to branch into bows and magic and that's worked out well. Frustrated that sometimes I see a great item but don't have enough money and when I go back later, it's gone anyway.
Basically when I'm epxloring a new area I cast a level 4 Bless and Leatherskin (not got stoneskin yet) and these boost my stats enormously. I've also got pretty good light armour that I've enhanced by using the alchemy skill. Then I fire my powered up bow at them until they get near, then change to sword. This tactic is working out pretty well in most cases. I sometimes use other spells like entangle but it doesn't work on some "big" things (like raptors). I haven't advanced very far in elemental magic yet. Basically I started as a warrior and kept getting whipped so decided to branch into bows and magic and that's worked out well. Frustrated that sometimes I see a great item but don't have enough money and when I go back later, it's gone anyway.