I must admit that is a correst assessment of my very young years. With just half practiced poisons and half poisons available (basically only knock out), defender skills, and second attack, I was not threatening at all. For those who were not mages I tried to do things to keep you from coming after me. So you are right on that part until about level 35 or so.

Thank you for wearing your wearable magical container. Sometimes it would pain me to take it. But as Thror said one time when he came down on me for returning magical equipment to Imperials, "This be bloody war!".