Thanks for the comment!
Yeah, Dragon Quest was a huge inspiration for my character designs. I wanted to do custom sprites (at the very least custom palettes), but I didn't have the know-how and/or the time to make them. Like I said to eclogia, the forest was a bad idea in hindsight. Yeah, neither of the bosses were supposed to move. I figured their stats and weapons would be a big enough threat. And yeah, the boss was the clear condition.