I *can* fairly reliably do the goblin fight with Albrecht on day one if I'm at full health, but fighting goblins by myself is a death sentence unless I get both backstab advantage on them AND they miss several times (very unlikely). EDIT: actually I'm mistaken, I think I did that fight on day 2 (when Aura is level 2 instead of level 1). Hrrm. Doing it day 1 is a lot harder, especially since it appears that Albrecht is set to be whatever level Aura is... and if I can't get past this fight, I can't get to the northern forest on day one. :/ EDIT2: Okej, managed to pull it off somehow.
Huh, I didn't even realize there was a cave in the northern forest. I don't think I've gotten that far - it looked like I had to fight past goblins and ogres to get through there (I did manage to get through part of the way and find a chest with 100g in it, but I didn't see any crow-like monsters so I'm assuming the one you're talking about is something else). I'll look it over again.
It's probably not absolutely necessary to buy all the blessed waters immediately, but income after the initial burst is very limited and they only ever get more expensive, so I figure it's something to aim for. It's probably not strictly necessary in my run since I'm going for reducing lewdness as much as realistically possible rather than trying to do absolutely zero lewdness (probably totally impossible on nightmare difficulty), but they'll help, and I'm assuming that a few hundred gold isn't all that much once you get later on in the game.
How long is the entire game supposed to take (in terms of game days)? Is there any built-in time limit? (ie, it'd be logical for there to be a hard limit to how many days this can go on since presumably Alicia's plan is screwed if it takes so long that they all graduate and go to separate universities [unless Alicia can just buy her way into whatever super-prestigious school Aura nerds her way into])
EDIT: Also, would you recommend selling the star metals for 1000g, or giving them to the workshop for 250g? It'd take 38 sessions at the workshop to make up the difference of 750g, which is a lot, hence my question about the total length of the game. If I'm going to be here for hundreds of days, then the workshop is the clear long-term option, but if the adventure is over within one school term (as I'm assuming it would be since these characters must be seniors at their age) I'm not likely to do enough workshop jobs to make it worth it (unless the side benefits of workshop level make up for it).
EDIT2: I found the other star metal and gold you mentioned. Currently I'm sitting at 976g before selling the star metals. It appears that selling the star metal to the workshop takes the rest of the day, so I can't sell it to them on the same day I join the adventurer guild (I guess I just stand around awkwardly while they work instead of leaving them to it lol). 976g isn't quite enough to get all five holy waters, but it's close. Hrrm... I could sell off the Vitality Potion I found, I don't imagine I'll be using that since it hits willpower (then again, if that +5 max hp is permanent, perhaps that's worth it...)