What are your res??
One lifesaver tip: Get freeze <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> Or use poison bottels orcs hate that.
'Why drop below 10'
Have you met with a vampire yet?? Like the one in the dark cave?
Well he drains your life and 3 random stat points. Maybe 1 of it was int.