Alright.. Either I'm in the wrong place, or this game is just disturbingly hard.

I just made my first character, a warrior, and I'm wandering around the catacombs in the first town. The random skeletons don't prove to be much of a problem, but those red skeletons kill me in virtually one hit. And there aren't enough excess monsters to gain exp from to build up my clvl. I've almost given up all hope. I've spoken with everyone in town and I can't seem to find any quests.

Am I supposed to do the catacombs 'later' and I've just missed some other side quests, or is this game just evil? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/down.gif" alt="" />