Thanks for all the responses. Victims, I had exactly the same thing happen. I saw this nice fancy village in a meadow, and with the buzzing I figured I'd pick up some honey and a queen bee. Opened a door and got jumped. Now my hard earned troll armor is gone. Zep Tepi I'm going to try your naked run approach. If that doesn't work, I'll just keep farming the black forest, get better at killing trolls, and mine the heck out of copper and tin. I'l consider all my lost gear a learning experience until I progress enough to have a shot at the draguers.
Flare, if I generate a new seed, does my character lose all his XP and the equipment he has in his backpack?
Thanks again everyone, this was really helpful.