Hence some of these mods... For instance, the one I mentioned, a random highwayman will initially be a problem, later... not so. At the beginning if you wander into the woods - you might just stumble on something really nasty... that later would be worth fighting (rather than running away from). Of course, there's enough big beasties out there to keep you going for a very long way - the toughest creatures are level 40 or so, but you won't run across them too often (and there's a little bit of levelling of course - but only so that it's not insanely difficult).