You might still be having PTSD from previous versions. Nowadays the Paladin can only use that move five times (for the exact reason you posted).The most annoying thing is when it's just down to one mob left, the "ratkin paladin" and then it just spams heal every turn to heal 10 HP and give itself block. You can legitimately go through dozens of turns just attacking this one mob with your whole party while it spams heal and blocks your attacks just hoping for a lucky crit, and if you're using a group of lv 1 adventurers this can take forever. Like, why is this a thing. Darkest Dungeon doesn't have aggressively-healing mobs for exactly that reason, it's just annoying.
Darkest Dungeon had Pelagic Guardians (and the Collector and other mob spawning bosses) btw.
It will only replace broken or missing equipment. That might be the reason.Is the latex set already in the game? I only get a latex ring, and in battle only the duplication effect works; no new items from the latex set appear. Or am I just that unlucky?