My Nord warrior keeps getting eaten alive by archers. He tries to dodge and use cover but he's a bit slow in all his heavy gear. True I do use a mod that makes combat a lot more deadly, takes 3 to 5 arrows to take him down. I've also got another mod that makes it so NPC archers don't always hit. Charging down a dungeon corridor or over open ground, as is sometime necessary, gets him killed quickly. Which I suppose is realistic in as much as a fantasy game can be. But when he can't catch up to his enemies fast enough to engage in melee it gets a little frustrating.

Any tips on how to deal with these threats? He has some marksman but not much, he's only 6th level. Does blocking with a shield help vs arrows?

As mentioned playing on a modded PC install.


Thanks

Since archers like to run away to keep distance an Invisibility potion can hide you long enough to get into melee range.

Blocking the arrows with a shield should help, but since this is a mod you are talking about I don't know how effective it will be.