I had proficient in both of those skills, both times. The odd thing is they never seem this effective when IM firing them
Side note: the vampire adventurer didn't die, per say, he just got an iron bolt to the neck, slight brain wound, and lost all movement. my six or so companions killed all but one opponent, who then could not damage me due to my heavily armored hide, and i then slammed my head into them till they ran away. then i retired.
I'm tempted to just mod out crossbows. I am tired of dying from them, I would like to die from something new, like, a dragon, or a troglodyte, or a GIANT CAVE SPIDER.
Well, I didn't have full armor, and died from a silver spear. Drat. New game...okay in conclusion, arctic climates with adventurers SUCK. You need to rely on rain to drink anything, or the blood of your enemies covering you. sheesh. Anyway, for some reason a bandit camp was in the middle of a lake. I went after it at dark, didn't see what I was doing, and somehow, the open space above the lake didn't register as "dangerous terrain" like its supposed to, so i fell straight in. WHAT? SERIOUSLY GAME? then I couldn't get back out....how were these guys a problem? they live in a lake...in a PIT...
In other news, my current adventurer is apparently so well known, that upon getting ambushed by bosses, i have about as many guys as they do, and even when they wiped out all of my slaves minions cannon fodder companions, I just went to the nearest fort, and grabbed every single soldier in it as my new posse.
He is also such a badass that being whipped directly to the head (which shattered the skull) only served to enrage him, and I promptly one hit killed the responsible lasher, and upon fast travelling, the wound entirely healed, and it only served to increase my willpower (didn't even leave a scar)