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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Undrave" data-source="post: 8961151" data-attributes="member: 7015698">Would it be too abstract for people if you just couldn't use your combat maneuvers before using all the other ones? Hmm... Ah! Final Fantasy: Four Heroes of Light also has a similar system! You start a battle with 1 AP (Action Point) and gain 1 at the start of every turn. Attacking with your weapon costs 1 AP (I think using items too but I haven't played in a while), Defending is 0 AP, and the various special skills or spells you get have different costs, up to the full 4 AP so you might have to defend for a couple turn. To add to this, however, is the fact that if you want to cast a spell (like Cura or Firaga) you need to actually carry the spell book that contains the spell! Which takes up an inventory slot. And in Four Heroes of Light you only have 15 of those per character. That's 15 slots for everything: Weapons, armors, shield, healing items (those stacks though) and key items you might need for your quests. So if you want to have a varied collection of spells, you'll need to budget your inventory space.What if your fancy moves come with exposing a specific weakness? Like 'if you use this special battle technique, you get a penalty to your reflex until the end of your next turn' so you have to make sure not to play into the strengths of your opponent. A system like that could be developed even further, like 'using this move makes you easier to hit with a downward slash type attack' or a 'quick stab type attack' etc.</blockquote>

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