

I don’t see how adding a few medkits in the inventory could lead to the boss to jump over the puddles :)
They could be using player character state as a proxy for player skill.
A player who successfully navigated earlier changes with such competence that they have an excess of health items might appreciate a more challenging final boss.
You may have inadvertently put it into hard mode!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_game_difficulty_balancing








Cool, now do blood dragon