Gold generation is incredibly slow, especially if you don't have STR (a 1 str character can max out at 4 gold a day, 3 if you include the 1 for the Inn at night). Every skill check requires 4 in a stat so if you pick the wrong class at the beginning you're just fucked. It looks like several checks are currently bugged:
1) You keep gaining 1 rep from the church each time past 30 you make a donation, but it doesn't actually count.
2) I have 7 rep but can't do the 5 rep event at the inn because it's broken.
3) Reputation with the nun says it goes up after the "alone praying" but it doesn't actually go up at all, you have to do regular praying to get it to go up.
4) Even with maxed out int, the repairs take fucking forever. 8 days per thing (and there's 3) at max int, or if you have 2 like me, it's 16 days per event.
5) Going on patrol does not advance time, give you gold, or give you any kind of event at the end of it. Dunno if it's supposed to, but it doesn't.
Also curious: