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The contents of chests are set when you *first* enter an area ( not when you open the chest ), so if you save before you open a chest, and reload if you don't like the contents, nothing will change. The only way around this is to reload a save from before you entered the current area.
HP goes up a set amount at each level up, but it can be increased by putting more points into Vitality.
If the merchant is where I think it is, you shouldn't have any problems. ( Maybe it isn't his chest? )
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