To help reduce the impact of RNG, I have already made two updates for post-jam: the first chest will always contain an orb, and potions are now collectibles to use when you want (instead of always immediate). Given your feedback, I may also modify the chance of orbs based on your current stats, to help even out your stat growth...
Viewing post in Uliel's Quest jam comments
Mind trying the current state to playtest? (obviously your rating should still be the jam version) I've made the first two updates already, and I'm wondering if that tempers the randomness enough or if I need to do the third update too. The post-jam version is https://tokkitron.itch.io/uliels-post-jam-update (password dcjam)