aaaaghhh! trolls! Options

[earwicker7]

I'm at the point that where I'm about to scream every time I see a troll. It's the only creature that can consistently pummel me to death. I have a stealth character, so I don't do much damage. Even if I manage to sneak attack it, if I doesn't kill the troll on the first blow (which I don't) they just regenerate health so fast that I can't kill them. Any suggestions other than wimping out and lowering the difficulty?

[HyPN0]

Oh,i feel your pain

I'm a stealth char myself,and at lower levels i had the exact same problem.Right now i eat them for breakfast,but they were pain in the back when i was about level 10-15 (I'm not sure really,i don't remember)

You're a Marksman right?You will need a good bow (Dwarwen is about minimum required IMO) and some decent arrows.Just run backwards and shot the damn thing from distance.Oh,and do the critical hit will you.......

It's also highly recommendable to make poisons and poison your weapons.Are you an Alchemist?If you aren't it's time you start developing Alchemy at least as a misc skill.....Trust me,this will pay off.

Use your Illusion skill.Invisibility can be very useful,at start even more useful than Chameleon.However you will need a little bit more magicka for Invisibility.Or you can mix an Invisibility potion.

Eben with this,thet're not easy.And you don't have to fight them really:All the loot you get from a troll is Troll Fat.Just sneak past it.There will be enough time for payback at later levels

[earwicker7]

Oh,i feel your pain 

I'm a stealth char myself,and at lower levels i had the exact same problem.Right now i eat them for breakfast,but they were pain in the back when i was about level 10-15 (I'm not sure really,i don't remember)

You're a Marksman right?You will need a good bow (Dwarwen is about minimum required IMO) and some decent arrows.Just run backwards and shot the damn thing from distance.Oh,and do the critical hit will you.......

It's also highly recommendable to make poisons and poison your weapons.Are you an Alchemist?If you aren't it's time you start developing Alchemy at least as a misc skill.....Trust me,this will pay off.

Use your Illusion skill.Invisibility can be very useful,at start even more useful than Chameleon.However you will need a little bit more magicka for Invisibility.Or you can mix an Invisibility potion.

Eben with this,thet're not easy.And you don't have to fight them really:All the loot you get from a troll is Troll Fat.Just sneak past it.There will be enough time for payback at later levels

Thanks for the ideas. I'm actually a poison fanatic, so I'll see if I can maybe brew up some more powerful drain health potions. I do have a decent illusion score, but I am having problems finding anyone who sells chameleon or invisibility spells. I just recently joined the mages guild (only to get better prices and eventually the enchantment/create spell ability) so maybe I haven't looked around enough, but I've been to the guild that specializes in illusion and no luck (I think they didn't have either spell, but maybe I just couldn't afford the gold/mana level). I've also got the marksman ability and a dwarven bow, so I'll try just going a little stealthier in areas where I know they hang out.