So, genning up a new world and adventurer to mess with .42.06, since I haven't had a chance to do so yet. Run into a camp full of goblin bandits right outside the starting hamlet with my two followers.
They immediately charge the ones that aren't sleeping, forcing my hand away from stealth tactics. Unfortunately, one of them, a lasher lamed Lum, gets hit in the head and knocked out immediately, so I spend a little while alternating between keeping goblins from killing him and executing still-sleeping goblins nearby.
Then, when my other follower comes back from chasing a straggler, I leave the crest of the hill I was fighting on to look for other stragglers, and run into the Chieftess of the camp, a skilled archer. We begin our engagement with her shooting me repeatedly, and my ineffectually throwing some coins back at her.
I respond to this by sprinting up to said Chieftess, dodging arrows the entire way and while she tries to escape, grabbing her by the torso, and making one (w)ild swing at her head, which is very difficult, but also very solid. For once, this works out, and she's instantly decapitated in my only actual attack.
I clean up the rest of the camp, then, grabbing her head from the ground and thanking myself for putting points in Speaker, walk back into the starting town with my two injured followers, an arrow sticking out of my leg, and a goblin Chieftess's head in my hands. I then proceed to tell the story of my glorious slaying of a goblin leader to every peasant in the village, then use this newfound popularity to recruit a good twelve random guys. My next step is going to be fun.