I'm dying for an hardcoe mode. But it would need to significantly reduce the amount of gold you gather so it makes work like chopping wood worthwhile. It would be so immersive if it did.

I agree with everything in the OP except maybe: "Player deals damage as if using one of the easier difficulty levels (below adept).
Enemies deal damage as if using Expert or Master (net effect being quicker, deadlier combat)"


Also, if possible, drawing bows should drain stamina over time instead of the zoom feature...vanilla archery is kind of easy.

I would pay money for this. More money, rather.