ok yeah... BRUTAL Randomness indeed, I got killed by the first goblin twice... T_T
That aside, this is a really cool take on the theme and I did enjoy myself :D The best part about this game is your writing which is really good. It leaves some to the imagination but doesn't starve the player of important context.
I did encounter some bugs, first one was when I tried to flee a battle and succeeded, but then I still died when I just clicked "continue on road" and the second bug was that I couldn't unequip my starter weapons (and you REALLY need to have an equipped weapon to deal with the first elf)
I'd love to see a more polished version of this :D