That all makes sense! Pathfinding is not a challenge I’ve ever tried to tackle yet myself.
I confess I had no idea I could level up from wolves. I settled on fleeing, thinking it was just a dice roll to overcome the danger one way or the other. I might’ve figured it out if I playtested longer, so I’ll give you that one. I was more concerned with trying to rush ahead in order to conserve food/potions.