I am also one of those archer-types. I can usually clear a room of a pack of bandits before they find me. If it is a one on one type thing, I break out my two ebony daggers and double backstab them. (Double power attack x30 is insane.) When I see dragons I let my companion draw agro while I pepper it from a safe distance with arrows. I can usually take 1/2 - 2/3 of it's life before I am seen, if I am lucky. Of course if someone starts to hit me I whirlwind and run. I'm too squishy to stand there and take hits. ;)