Hi, i'm pretty new (and bad) to this game, so i haven't gotten very far, but i'm wondering if there is a way to practice alchemy? Or is it the unimplemented brewing skill?

Hi! There's no alchemy-as-transmutation-of-substances, no. At some point I'll get Brewing implemented, but I don't have a timeline for that.

That's good to hear, in the meanwhile, i'll try  not to die so very often. Thank you for making this great game.