Hi Samolka,
Pretty sure vitalism would help a lot with survivability.
There's also a third possibility to add a code to switch between a attack weapon(sword/shield or staff) and the healing club, so you can heal yourself between battles, just throwing some ideas =).
Guys, i was running the plugin like 10 hours ago and it was working just fine, not sure if something it's really broken. Will test it again today after work!