I'd say that doesn't count then. ;-)
For some reason, Adom seems to be more punishing in the early game than it used to be. I've had goblin berserkers in the Goblin Camp hit for over 25 damage to a fighter type character, and recently a simple orc in UD1 executed my wizard, doing 32 damage in a single strike. I'm pretty sure this didn't happen in previous versions of the game.
Edit: what the heck? Just got shot by Kranach for 58 damage. This can't be normal, can it?