Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

The skeleton that attacked me first night was a pain. Thought it might have just been bad luck RNG putting a skeleton spawn right next to the stone ring in the meadows where you spawn in the game.
Then the crypts I found just in the black forest both had one star green skeletons and the one with the two star sword skeleton was a bit much for my early equipment / food / stamina. That is when I decided the game was not for me. I guess they made some changes the next day to the update. But good luck.

Come on!

1. Nothing tells that this overall higher difficulty will stay at this level after some more balancing.
   
2. You know that spawned enemies don't recover from their wounds fast, so it's still possible to grind them (and run safe, or eventually die).

I died just before H&H face to 2-star skeleton in the chambers, and I shall say that I dread facing another one now, before I can evaluate it by day light. Perhaps parrying with a weapon is possible (once the correct timing is assessed), or dropping some glowing mushrooms on the ground and equipping a shield, or using a torch and hit and drawback? I actually killed one post H&H, but as it was at the last store of a ruined tower, it killed me in two hits before I could take position on the store. When I returned I could retrieve the tombstone without actually climbing at its level, and then burned it with arrows from below.

Take heart!