CHRISTOPHER POSNER

More the latter, I think

Apparently, as a result of Update 23, " Monster health has been adjusted upwards at very low levels." Unfortunately, this has thoroughly messed up my game. I am currently 21st level, but keep getting beaten up by 15th level monsters. Does anyone know exactly what is meant by "very low levels" in this context?

Apparently, Barrow-wights have a special ability called Shadow aura, which inflicts 20 points of damage every five seconds.

I don't think it was dread, because my maximum morale was unchanged and I wasn't cowering. What sort of creature would cause that sort of damage?

When my 19th-level hobbit hunter first entered the Barrow-Downs (by the North Barrows Pass), he soon found his morale quickly draining away for no apparent reason (he had not yet met any creatures in the Barrow-Downs), until he was incapacitated and woke up in the middle of the Old Forest. I cannot find anything about this effect in the literature related to the game. Is it supposed to be some sort of Barrow-Wightish magic, or is it just a malfunction? If it is magic, how are you supposed to protect yourself from it?