So now I’m level 3 and thought – let’s go and sort out that Oblivion Gate…

Firstly, those stunted scamps are a right pain! Luckily my Flare spell seems to help kill them. I’ve managed to get up to the tower…so far so good.

And now I’m stuck. In the “Blood Feast”, there’s a fiery pit thing in the first room and 2 stunted scamps (easy to kill when there’s just 1, but 2 are trickier). Then – out of one of the passages to the east/west pops out what I believe to be a Dremora Churl…and it’s game over:

This dude seems invincible to all my weapons, he seems to be resistant to fire, and manages to kill me in 2/3 blows. I’ve tried and failed numerous times to kill him!

I’m playing as a wood elf. My available weapons are rather simple/weak: bows, long/short swords, a large hammer etc. I do not have any useful spells (only Flare, or moonshadow – which i can only use once per day).

Suggestions I’ve had from two Oblivion playing mates are:
a) reload from the last save game and practice conjuring beings to help
b) reload from the last save game and acquire a staff which is much more powerful at killing beings than my current measly arsenal!

I’d really like to not reload from the save if possible – so if anyone has any other ideas on how to defeat the above Dremora, please let me know!