Have you played the thief games? In case you haven't there is an item in them which you can throw to blind enemies. I feel like it would be a neat fit for soulash since you have to flee a lot from tough enemies, especially early on. As it is in the moment it is really hard to loose certain enemies(like human travellers or elven villagers). The flash-bombs could be used to blind or stun enemies for a few rounds to get away.

What do you think?

There is a Nomad skill called Vanish on later levels that makes you hidden for a short period of time. I've been meaning to add more single-use items to the game, so I welcome any suggestions. :)

The ability to kick/throw sand or dirt in their faces to obscure their vision for a short amount of time, or something similiar, would be cool. Maybe it could have quite a low sucess chance so it could be used in a worst case scenario and not overused/abused. It could also work on only on enemy at at time so being chased by one guy it's a fairly decent tactic, but with several it could make you stop long enough for the others to catch up. 

Enemies could also react by flailing their weapons wildly about in this kind of state, so it wouldn't work as well in an ordinary fight.