Final Fantasy Discovery

WEEK OF UPDATES: DAY 4
Today I'll be going over the additions to the item list and talking a bit about the increased importance of Synthesis.

ITEMS
I had previously made a bunch of items that replicated spell effects, but left a ton of them out as well. I fixed that, and almost every spell now has a corresponding usable item. Each item is also used in Synthesis recipes to create new Augments. Most of the components that existed before that were enemy drops have been cut (Bone, etc.). Oddly enough, the item list is still set at the same number of items that existed before: 255. Item drop rates for enemies have also been improved significantly, to ensure that collecting enough items to Synthesize new Augments won't be too much of a grind.

A lot more Synthesis Manuals have been added to accommodate the rise in the amount of items that can be Synthesized.

SYNTHESIS
Synthesis will be unlocked almost immediately now (as soon as you get out of Palamecia). Synthesis Manuals can be obtained in various ways, and each contains several recipes to create usable items or Augments. Synthesizing items no longer costs Gil, either. You only need the required items.

All Augments require a catalyst to to create. There are a few different items that count as catalysts, like Mythril and Scarletite. Catalysts can be purchased, but are very expensive. They can also be found in chests or dropped from certain enemies.

TOMORROW'S UPDATE
The final update of the week will cover anything I haven't gone over yet and the game's next official release.