Meow,
You need make money to buy equipament. Hehehe
You can't find money fighting wolfs or wererats here. Well, you can steal from bandits. But this is lots of fight. But each time you make a potion time pass. So if you make 20 you at least take more than 3 hours in the game or half of it. I am not really sure I didn't paid much attention. Some times you have to craft stuff to make other potion. So you take time mixing ingredients to make the potions.
Don't forget the time you expend collecting the ingredients in the Forest and roads.
I mean a week in the game not a real week life. =^.~=
When I checked the time in the game I was sure I end in the middle of the next week. lol
About much combat... You can have all sexual combat you want... hehehe and repeat as much as you want.
But... I know a white bull in a Hotel that I love. Is that you? =^.~=