Soul & Sword（Super Famicom）
📘 Understand growth and combat fundamentals
Instead of one level per character, individual attributes develop separately. Combat uses straightforward turn-based commands, but equipment and skills have attribute requirements. This guide explains the growth and battle rules supporting free scenarios within the documented mechanics.
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Levels are assigned to each character's various attributes rather than to the character as a whole. Actions in combat develop related attributes, so what you use influences growth. Some attributes also serve as prerequisites for equipping weapons/armor or using magic and special skills. Raising them therefore broadens your options. Choose combat actions with a development direction in mind to shape a character for the intended role.
Levels are assigned to each character's various attributes rather than to the character as a whole. Actions in combat develop related attributes, so what you use influences growth. Some attributes also serve as prerequisites for equipping weapons/armor or using magic and special skills. Raising them therefore broadens your options. Choose combat actions with a development direction in mind to shape a character for the intended role.
- ▸ Levels are managed per attribute, not per character
- ▸ Combat actions develop related attributes
- ▸ Some attributes double as equipment/skill requirements
- ▸ Build roles by choosing actions that develop intended strengths
Battles use familiar turn-based commands without complicated controls. Automatic healing-item use is said to make unexpected wipes in ordinary encounters very rare. Fewer accidents help maintain exploration momentum. However, automation consumes your actual inventory, so neglecting replenishment can leave you empty at a crucial moment.
- ▸ Combat uses straightforward turn-based commands
- ▸ Automatic healing items make ordinary-enemy wipes less likely
- ▸ Automatic use consumes owned items; replenish them
- ▸ Use the reduced accident risk to maintain exploration momentum
Enemy strength changes with party strength, reducing severe mismatches regardless of scenario order. This supports free-scenario exploration: growing naturally while completing interesting requests fits better than repeatedly grinding one location. Since attributes develop individually, overdeveloping only one can skew equipment and skill options. Build broadly balanced combat strength for reliability.
- ▸ Enemies scale to party strength, supporting flexible order
- ▸ Natural growth through requests suits the game
- ▸ Uneven development can narrow equipment and skill options
- ▸ Balanced combat strength stabilizes travel
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