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« on: December 04, 2017, 09:18:04 AM »
Just a suggestion, you may have tried it, but it helps to not put your bets on your initial stealth attacks at all when it comes to villages. I tend to use my stealth to scout the entire perimeter of each village without zooming out or attracting attention in order to find the fastest route to a safe building to make a stand in. Those buildings are ones that are one tile wide and multiple tiles long, allowing you to first check the interior of the building for hostiles and then back up to the far wall from the door so that you never fight more than one enemy at a time (beyond those who were unconscious and wake up in a poor mood).
Your opening stealth attacks should target legs to reduce the nearest opponents' mobility; it 100% IS who lands a critical first, so make sure it's you. Don't panic if it's not, maintain discipline, pass turn when needed to keep fatigue at 12 or below. As for armor, don't forget that you can have a cuirass and a hauberk at the same time, as well as a cloak and an overcoat, but otherwise there isn't much to be gained beyond wearing your best four of those items and covering your exposed targets with the specific apparel made for them. Invest in a good spectacled helm, will reduce headshots to only being effective on your eyes.
Just for camaraderie, my last character I did this with had been around since the bridgebuilding thread and was never once seriously wounded anywhere but the eyes until he died, including the deathblow to his already thoroughly and repeatedly mangled left one. Its about the journey, not the destination. I feel like an ass for saying something so trite to someone with your experience, but I truly love this game, even with its occasional foolishness.