Stat Bonus on Skills

[Magical Trevor]

This kind of goes along with Pops suggestion (or perhaps as an alternative to Pops suggestion) of damage types. Also meant to replace the +1 to all stats at level up and create more specialized characters.

Why not add a Stat Bonus to skills based on the way they're used. It's weird to explain, so let me just provide an example.

Let's start with Weapons...

Crush: +4Str
Slash: +3Str +1Foc
Stab: +2Str +2Foc
Throw: +1Str +3Foc
Bow: +4Foc

Now Magic...
Holy: +4Def
Water: +4Def
Fire: +4Int
Lightning: +3Int +1Def
Earth: +1Int +3Def
Shadow: +3Int +1Def

Other Skills, even...
Mining: +3Str +2Foc

And of course the Personal Skills would have to be bumped up considerably, given those values, but it's just a rough guide. Could be done to a less extreme level, such as fractions of a point per skill level.

[Rayn Rose]

You left staffs out of the weapon areas, and if I may suggest for that, +45Int +32Mp. Besides that, I think this is a really nice idea. It would let players go deeper into truely building a char.

[Magical Trevor]

Staves = Crush

[Dlorak]

I think the catch about this is we're making more customizable characters if we give one more skill point per level and make a +stats as a skill and then leave the +weapon skill.

However I think there is value in giving less, but more viable, options.. And this would accomplish that.

[Alexis]

I like the one more skill point per lvl idea.