Sounds way too fancy for this

but since I have some really important school stuff coming up, combined with the fact that most progress on this game still revolves around spriting or plot writing (which, by the way, is actually making progress again), I thought I'd share the very minor details of combat-related stuff that actually deviates somewhat from the default battle system of rm2k3.

All characters have the regular five slots of equipment which may or may not affect the regular four stats (firepower, protection, offense and velocity). the first is FIREARM, which is pretty straight-forward; any ranged weapon goes into this slot. The second slot is for SIDEARMs, which are melee weapons of various sorts. the third and fourth slot are TORSO and HEAD respectively and does pretty much what you'd think they do. The last slot if for cybernetic AUGMENTation, the equipment that goes in here must be installed or removed at clinics or ripperdocs.

All weapons grant new actions and in the case of FIREARMS and some SIDEARMs, these action will drain the characters energy. Bigger weapons will drain more energy, so equpping, say, a rocket launcher on a character with a low energy maximum seems pretty inefficient (if the character can even fire it at all) but it is up to the player to decide. Additionally, SIDEARMs naturally come in handy if a character is completely drained or needs to find a more effective weapon against the enemy.

As characters become more skilled with the weapons, they will learn new skills to use whenever a weapon of the appropriate kind is equipped. Since I am trying to avoid acquiring skills by just leveling, or at least give players an influence over what their characters will be proficient in, the exact workings of this are pretty unclear right now.

All characters also have a unique command to use in combat.

As is standard for most rpgs, there are a number of elements attached to different weapons and skills that affect the effectiveness of one's attack. It's a bit... special and I don't have it on this computer (i think); it needs some revamping anyway.