*wipes blood from eyes*
I love this game so much... so so much...
I decided to take the 'direct' route to the lair of a night creature, starting at midday. Found it, stabbed it in the hand with a long sword (which I lost possession of) and had to punch / wrestle it to death. I lost an arm, an eye, both legs, and four teeth, but I got the bastard, right before bleeding to death. SO MUCH WIN!
Next adventurer was sent to a nearby area, I decided to check out the lair of the night creature, get my sword.
ITS FREAKING HUSBAND WAS THERE
I hacked it in the mouth, breaking two teeth, then in the leg, where it bled and gave my left lower-leg a red wound. I hacked it in the lower body until it bled to death, I grabbed my sword, and I slept.
I awoke to the sound of incessant cackling all around me. I hid in a choke-point in the lair, and watched as nine of the slavering brutes came in and took their lumps. I survived the night with the loss of my left hand, two fingers on my right hand, and an eye, but I *SURVIVED*. I slept again, woke at dawn, and slew the night creature, moving (wisely) to a local village where I regaled them with tales of conquest and adventure.
On traveling back to the quest-giver's fortress, I was ambushed by a particularly unruly vein of goblinite, and struck down.
I love how this game lets you taste victory before stabbing you to death by stinking green pedophiles