KenOfAllTrades:
Oh, um the earlier part with locking in rooms etc. is not me being cruel, just that I wanted some "fixed encounters" with monsters. Therefore throughout my map, you have to load from the latest autosave, except on the occasion of doing the ritual of mending, seeing etc.
Did you move around carefully?
As I've made the map I know exactly what I have to change if I see something wrong/an issue when a user plays, but as I can't see what part of the scripting/pathing etc. make it hard for you it's hard to know what to change.
And, I'll consider even removing enemies if other users may verify that the encounters with grunts are too hard.