I think if the item is magic, then it can bypass material resistance...

Steel or better can hit imps --> http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Weapons#Material_Modifiers

Congrats, go through Arena's first dungeon, then you'll feel like you accomplished somethind.

( I beat it twice of the 20times i've played it)

i discovered something wonderfull on my latest playthrough

2 words:

Ebony Dagger

It's a damn fine dungeon, I literally threw my hands in the air first time I did it.

Privateer's Hold is definitely my favorite newbie dungeon in TES. I managed to clear out THE WHOLE DAMN DUNGEON, every room in it, before I finally gave up, looked up where the exit is and realized that I had gone past it several times The door sure doesn't look like a door.

I don't think Arena's first dungeon is that hard. The dungeon is pretty straightforward and the map is easier to use than in DF so you know where you need to go.

I have just started playing Daggerfall over the last couple of weeks. Restarted a few times because I did not like the character I created. The first time through this dungeon I died lots of times - Mostly because of not being used to the controls (right mouse button and move mouse to swing dagger). Found the dungeon to be easy once I got used to the controls and had the ebony dagger at the start.

The ebony dagger is the key. I too missed the exit door my first time through.