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What I had to do was buy lots of spell scrolls and simply use a spell scroll and rest to regain mana a whole lot and I only ran around and killed the easy things like Mole Rats, Scavengers, Boars, Blood Flies, and the easy Goblins, there are different types of Goblins and you'll know what is what when you run into them.
If you run around you'll find some Bandits or Thugs on the other side of a Bridge.
You can take each guy out with 3 fire scrolls each before they get to you.
That is if you lured each one out one by one, not all at once.
I know it is tedious, but it's what you have to do in Gothic and Gothic 2 in order to raise levels.
All human and humanoid creatures are on of the hardest to fight with a weapon.
Save those encounters for later when you are a higher level and have a higher mastery in weapon use.
Good Luck man
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i must disagree a little, in g1 yeah because the fight scheme makes it harder to dodge than ur average hack and slash, sure fighting more than 1 at a time is pure suicidal, no matter what ur level, but in g2 the opposite in g2 the make mana cost like my god so much, the spell destroy undead 40mp..., while in g1 5mp...catch the drift.., not to mention the nerf on firespell (no stun, very hi mana cost 75 mp on large fireball, hell no)
in my opinion in g1 being a mage at start, then a fighter after 6th circle is the best option since combat will be always be hard(not to mention spell comes at very low cost and crazy power), but in g2 being a melee is the best option, slash, dodge, slash, dodge, rinse, repeat, not to mention u have to make ur rune no buy them like in g1, and in g2 there are to many gangbang situation or the run to the fray situation where a melee is by far better at handling those kind of situation.