So... I had to strategise after my level 22 battle mage repeatedly had her arse handed to her by Gothren and his two Dremora henchmen...
After reloading several times, I finally decided to make use of mark/recall and some of the Telvanni toys that had been given to me. I cast Mark in the room down the hallway from Gothren.. then in the narrow space near him, I cast Aryon's Helper (the glove that summons three atronachs), quickly I used Aryon's Dominator (the other glove) to cast command on one of the Dremora.. Finally, I taunted Gothren and as soon as I succeeded I warped back to my marked spot and witnessed the ensuing brawl from safety
Eventually a loan dremora came chasing out after me, and since I couldn't resist I used Gothren's helmet to summon my own Dremora, and then for good measure I also conjured a Dwemer Centurion. It was a short fight...
Now, I could have taken on the single Dremora by myself, but I realised I was out of healing potions, and like I said, the Adventurer's mod makes enemies *significantly* more difficult.
That fight was far more fun than I've ever experienced previously because it was as difficult as it really should have been in the first place. What I wondered, though, was whether or not I'd used cheese tactics...
However, I reasoned... my character is mostly mage, wears light armour as opposed to heavy and has a pretty low endurance... so really I was able to roleplay according to certain strengths, as well as being able to use quest rewards from my chosen Great House.
But, a lot of people seem to think anything that does not involve close melee combat is cheese, so that made me think.. Just how do you define cheese?
Thoughts ?
