PYRAMID_HEAD'S PROFILE

It looks a bit like the battle system for Valkyrie Profile, just a bit.

Is this like Yume Nikki and Earthbound without the mindfuckery of both?

I was thinking of going with the SF2 route and giving characters weapon proficiencies too, but that would mean giving myself a mountain of work. I had toyed with the idea of allowing every character to equip every weapon, but some weapon types would give some characters exp bonuses, but that would seem a bit weird if a character equips a water weapon, and then gain a small bonus in fire.

I like the trainer idea, but some characters in my story, when they leave your party you won't encounter them again. So I think I might give them multiple weapon choices from the get go.

Thanks for helping me come to a decision.

Ludwig is brutal, yeah, but his attacks are easily telegraphed. It's just a case of knowing when to dodge and when to attack. One thing that does make the fight tricky is his one shot attacks, there's a dodge window as tiny as a mosquito's arsehole. Too early you die, too late, you die.

The only difference weapons make is in the element attached to it. And what stat bonuses you gain when you level up in that element.

For example, if a character uses a fire based weapon, they'll level up in the fire element, gain fire skills, and gain a stat bonus in attack.