Redid quest today, solo again:
Notes:
The spider group did not swarm me and I managed to get past without having to fight them, which was better than last time. They swarmed me as I was fighting the bandits.
I did see there were different spiders other than just dires, which may have been a good thing. (Saw 1 dire and 1 sword, did not get close enough to see the others)
The boss was still a challenge but was not nearly as horrendous as before.
I did not run around the first area looking for all the bandits this time so I may have missed a group.
Materials Used:
17 CSW charges
3 Barkskin potions
2 cats grace potion
bulls strength potion
2 endure elements potions
2 blur potions
2 healing kit +1
iron guts potion
Bulls strength (2 charge from item)
Restoration (1 charges from gloves)
Blood Frenzy (1 charge from item)
Potion of Bravery
potion of Protection From Evil
Rewards:
scroll of lesser dispel
scroll of knock
2 scrolls of sanctuary
20 arrows "plain"
2 CMW wands
2 CSW wands
anauria gem
purple rags
treasure map
63g
End XP: 250
End GP: 250
Overall Score: 8/10
I think the end gold reward should be higher, to make it worth the expenditures, but overall much improved experience with this quest.