Thank you very much Alrik - I did clear abit around Aleroth and could do two orcs, but more was courting disaster - nay, welcoming it. Will sell some things as a starter and try out alchemy.
Hmm ... personally I used to bait those Orc's (if there was a group of them) by carefully sneakin up to them and from a distance shooting one with a bow, then runn like H*ll untill the orc appears on screen again shoot and run again and again, oh and btw (minor spoiler) don't worry about the Orc drummer until you can damage him more than he can heal himself or until you have some form of freeze <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Remember long distance is safe distance <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />