I recently started created a character guide, to give the player an idea of the different fighting styles of the playable characters, and I just wanted to know if it would be of use or not. Even if you'd choose the latter option, I could always make it an option that the player can call from the main menu, under 'Guide'. Like I did with the character biographies, it's entirely optional. :)

Here's an example of Laine and Patrick's abilities. Some of the jargon mentioned in the below passages, such as 'Resource Cost' and 'ORKO'd' will be explained in the Guide as well. This will probably also contain useful enemy information.

This is just the text version. I also gave the characters a rating out of 10, without being biased. :) Only Laine and Pat are listed.

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Laine

Class: Mercenary/Sellsword
Type: Lightning Bruiser
Weapon type: Swords
Elemental affinities: Ice and Earth
Promotes into:

Laine is a pretty sturdy fighter from the get go, even
without Orb boosters. Her durability and defense
is high enough to withstand several rounds of battle
before she goes down. Her attack power is enough to
do good damage to most fiend-types, but she'll struggle
to damage Shell-type enemies unless she is equipped with
the powerful, but inaccurate Greatswords ( any 2-handed
sword ). . Once she learns her later skills however, she becomes
an offensive powerhouse, destroying virtually anything in
her path. Her innate Wrath helps when she is
down to 50% of her MaxHP, and it ups her ATK and DFS by 50%.
She does have her flaws, though. First of all, she
lacks the more powerful and useful utility techs to make use
of her excellent speed. She is also notoriously vulnerable to
Fire and Dark magic, the latter of which many of the more
powerful fiends possess.

Overall: 9/10 (8.5 actually, but gets an extra 0.5 for being awesome ^^)

Sturdy and dependable, Laine will grow into one of your
most powerful characters. Innate Wrath and
crit ability gives her overkill offense and defense. Loses
out on a ten for a lack of useful buff spells and healing.
( then again, no character is a perfect 10 ).

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Patrick

Class: Priest
Type: Glass Cannon
Weapon type: Staves and Knives
Elemental affinities: Fire and Light
Promotes into: Saint

Although he is pretty fragile when you get him, Pat can
be quite a force on the battlefield if given enough
resources. His defense is a little higher than most
Glass Cannon types, but his HP is still low enough
for him to get 2RKO'd by the stronger enemies. However,
as long as Laine is not yet KO'd, she will automatically
activate the 'Guard' command once per battle, reducing Pat's
damage intake by half. Pat, apart from learning the ever
useful Healing spells, can also learn a variety of offensive
magic spells, making him a very diverse character in battle.
The staves he equips also have a number of status effects,
ranging from Silence to Sleep states whenever he attacks
with a staff equipped. Although he is weak to Ice and Dark
magic, his resistance is high enough to withstand any serious
damage, unlike Laine.

Overall: 8/10 ( 7.5 + 0.5 for sheer adorability and woobieness ).

Pretty awesome all round, but his frailty and resource
cost does count against him. He'll become an amazing
character over time, though.

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Let me know what you think. ^^