DWFII
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OK! Enough is enough! I am getting desperate. I need some help, or some advice or some counseling...
I am new to the game. But on my way to Broken Helm Hollow, I stumbled upon Forelhost. I went in with Lydia and I think I was at level 9 or maybe 10. I got most of the way to where you find the key to the well but before I got there I ran across a lot of very powerful Draugrs. After getting killed almost immediately during the course of the next hour or so, I realized that both Lydia (wielding an enchanted greatsword) and I could not defeat them. So I backed out and we went on some miscellaneous quests in and around Riften. One on one I can usually handle, but we were outnumbered four or five to two.
After leveling up a time or two, I decided to go back in. At the same spot as before we again got beat...and bad. Finally, a bright idea--I told Lydia to wait for me and I lured the Draugrs one or two at a time through a passage that has trip arrows and a swinging gate. Wiped every single one of them out.
So on we went with me feeling a bit smug but not entirely confident...after collecting the key to the well.
As soon as we emerged from the water, the next room (the Crypt) turned out to have just as many powerful Draugrs as the previous encounter but no way to trap them. And seemingly no way to beat them.
I have been concentrating on one handed and two handed weapons. But I have scrolls and potions and three shouts as well as "beast". Nothing seems to help. So, once again, Lydia and I went back to Whiterun to lick our wounds and re-evalutate.
I am badly discouraged and wondering what I am doing wrong. This seems like a very tough quest.
Has anyone else been successful in Forelhost as a warrior at level 11 or 12? I could use some advice--a strategy, tips...a spoiler.
I would even welcome someone saying "don't try this quest in your first hundred hours in the game." Or "wait until you're at level 95 in all skills." Something along those lines.
I am new to the game. But on my way to Broken Helm Hollow, I stumbled upon Forelhost. I went in with Lydia and I think I was at level 9 or maybe 10. I got most of the way to where you find the key to the well but before I got there I ran across a lot of very powerful Draugrs. After getting killed almost immediately during the course of the next hour or so, I realized that both Lydia (wielding an enchanted greatsword) and I could not defeat them. So I backed out and we went on some miscellaneous quests in and around Riften. One on one I can usually handle, but we were outnumbered four or five to two.
After leveling up a time or two, I decided to go back in. At the same spot as before we again got beat...and bad. Finally, a bright idea--I told Lydia to wait for me and I lured the Draugrs one or two at a time through a passage that has trip arrows and a swinging gate. Wiped every single one of them out.
So on we went with me feeling a bit smug but not entirely confident...after collecting the key to the well.
As soon as we emerged from the water, the next room (the Crypt) turned out to have just as many powerful Draugrs as the previous encounter but no way to trap them. And seemingly no way to beat them.
I have been concentrating on one handed and two handed weapons. But I have scrolls and potions and three shouts as well as "beast". Nothing seems to help. So, once again, Lydia and I went back to Whiterun to lick our wounds and re-evalutate.
I am badly discouraged and wondering what I am doing wrong. This seems like a very tough quest.
Has anyone else been successful in Forelhost as a warrior at level 11 or 12? I could use some advice--a strategy, tips...a spoiler.
I would even welcome someone saying "don't try this quest in your first hundred hours in the game." Or "wait until you're at level 95 in all skills." Something along those lines.