"i don't know what is right or wrong here but it seems as though i can get beat on and not feel a thing."
Think they are saying their invincible, I had that problem as well and even stripped down to just my bra and panties and and fist fought everything and still took 0 damage from everything in the fjords after I got to around level 30 or so. I even brought 2 mobs of goblins together for a big mass attacking me and they did nothing.
Never found out what the problem was, I suspect some kind of game glitch though.