I had an interesting Adventure mode for my first game. Played as a human axeman peasant. Ran around, killing groundhogs and maraques, and selling thier body parts to a store in the north.
Eventually, I feel that this isn't profitable enough, so I go and finish off one of my quests. Kill a goblin bowman.
It was an interesting fight. I lost both my companions, and had to do it solo. However, after being spotted, the bowman ordered his ENTIRE consort to attack me. I ducked behind a tree, and sneaked around. His army was stuck, looking for me in the shrubbery.
Meanwhile, I was sneaking up to the bowman from behind a tree. I lunge at him, axe held high, and attack. He dodged for a good ten rounds of combat, before I bullrushed him, knocking him to the ground. Then ... I hacked at his upper body for another 20 rounds, while he tried to stand up or scramble away. He died, and I killed one of his followers, and stole the followers clothing. (I couldn't steal the bowmans clothing, because one of his bowman guards was trying to shoot me too.
So... sweet. I scored a ton of clothing, and a nifty crossbow! I get three followers from the castle, find another quest, and fast travel to the stores in the north...
Some time between getting the quest, and arriving at the store, I must have done something TERRIBLE, because no-one in the entire nation wanted to talk to me. I had a hunch it was because I had an outstanding quest, so I travelled to the goblin lasher to kill him
I had three companions (but lost another one), and I saw the lasher. We fought in glorious battle... until I tried to fight.
My part of the battle report went like this:
You strike at the Goblin Commander, but the attack is parried.
You strike at the Goblin Commander, but the attack is parried.
You strike at the Goblin Commander, but the attack is parried
The Goblin Commander Counterstrikes!!
The commander kicks you in the third finger, right hand, with his left foot, shattering the bone through the rope reed fibre glove
The lasher [compainion] misses the commander [The only hit he scored on me]
You give into pain
You fall over
The commander lashes you in the skull with his copper scourge, tearing the muscle, shattering the skull, and bruising the brain.
You have been struck down.
The commander KICKED me in the hand, and I passed out from that (WTF!?), and the commander coup-de-graced me
What an unheroic end for a budding demi-god peasant. It was VERY fun though!