Mac save on 0.5.11a is bugged. I created a new save file since I started Cali's quest and it set me back probably a hundred days. I think it might have actually set me back to the point my previous save was at, though I kept my progress in the main quest and Cali's quest, I lost a TON of items and gold I'd gotten as well as a lot of noble/rich slaves and upgrades to my manor. I think the game is absolutely fantastic, but man is getting all this stuff back gonna be annoying. When I entered a fight I also died first turn against bandits around the starting town. That might have been me neglecting to check my guy's HP and accidentally setting out without healing though.
Edit: to be more specific about the saving issue: I just had one file up until the point of Cali's quest, but then decided to make a new file ("1" & "1 - 2" respectively). I think when I created "1 - 2" it instead saved the staff and items I had at "1". I then closed the game, and when I later opened it and loaded "1 - 2" which is way ahead of "1" in quests, it loaded the progress of when I saved at "1 - 2" but the items and staff of "1".