I found an empty cabin I could sleep in out in the boonies, and just up the path it goes around the mountain, and there's always a group of bandits
waiting to ambush. I;d take my horse up there just before the bandits and turned it around facing back towards the cabin. I'd fight the bandits, and
if I killed a few but was in danger of dying, I'd run to my horse and boogie back to the cabin, sleep/recover, rinse and repeat. Improved my various
fighting skills big time
I don't know what you're using for a weapon, but I highly recommend the short sword the Stinger.
The stab dmg is the highest in game.
You cant use it to win tournaments, but between the fights you will win with it and sparring with Bernard, it wont take you long to max short sword
skill.
I've been playing this for a few days now and God damn it's hard at first, trying to be stealthy was a complete failure and fighting more than 3
people is a complete no-no and is better to just run for it.
I think i made a few bold spots from pulling my hair out but after raising my skills up a bit, it's made the game a little easier to play.