One of the major features of Eternal Dusk is the freedom of molding your characters as you see fit. Ultimately, the way one person levels up Axis will be different from the way I'll level up Axis. The class system that I previewed in my image gallery is one of the reasons for this such diversity. But even beyond that, the Grant System will make a multitude of possible outcomes for each character.

What is the Grant System?
The grant system is a character development system that allows you to purchase "Grants" that that allow your characters to learn skills and teks, use equipment, weapons, and gain stat bonuses.

Your Grants are displayed on a Grant Chain for each character.
Here is an example of a grant Chain in the game.


The Red Circle(Origin Link) on the board is the starting point.
The Blue circles (Grant Link) are possible Grant locations.
The Grey Circles (Chain Locks) indicate the Class Level Needed to Unlock.

Every Character's Board is unique, in size and outcome. Here are overviews of two other boards.

Schoud


Reina


As the shots above show the paths over all are different, and as you play the game you will find that the Options in each grant link are different also.

Grants
There are a multitude of grants that you will see through your character development. Below are a list of the basic Grants.

Stat Grants

Strength Grant


Defense Grant


Intelligence Grant


Agility Grant


Life Grant


Tek Point Grant

Tek Grants (Teks are the source of Magic in the Game. And yes the spelling is intentional)


Elemental Teks


Holy Teks


Hex Teks


Chrono Teks


Steyo Teks

Skill Grants


Silver Skills Grant- Silver skills are support skills.


Gold Skills Grant- Gold skills are agressive skills.


Black SkillsBlack Skills are specialty skills that don't fall in either Gold or silver categories



Drive Grant A special grant that is alot more rare than other grants, as it unlocks a special and unique Overdrive Ability that characters can use when the drive gauge fills up in battle.

There are also grants for weapon catagories

But how do I purchase Grants
You purchase these grants with Special Points you earn from winning battles. The amount won is determined by a variable difficulty calculation. Basically the amount you get from a battle is based on (difficulty of the battle) X (random # 2-4). Some occasions will reward a fixed amount.

Win Battles>>>>Gain SP

This is an in game screenshot of the Grant Chain

The red box is the class of the current character and the next class level