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Octopath Traveler - info on Tressa, Alfyn, and the progression system

by rawmeatcowboy
19 March 2018
GN Version 5.0

Tressa Colozone

- 18 years old
- used to work at a lodging house in a port city, run by her parents
- used to look at the sea and think about what she really wanted to do and to achieve
- she stayed like this until a merchant ship appeared on the horizon
- her ability in the field is to buy items from NPC
- this allows the player to acquire rare items that aren’t sold in stores
- in combat, she can spend money to summon mercenaries to fight on her behalf
- she can share BP with her companions, and cure her own HP and SP

Alfyn Greengrass

- Apothecary
- 21 years old
- hot-tempered
- saved by a traveling apothecary when he a was a kid
- the man who saved him gave him medicine without requiring payment
- field ability allows him to listen to people in town, getting valuable information
- in battle, he can restore HP, cure ailments, and revive allies

Progression system

- by defeating enemies in battle you earn JP (job points) separate from experience gain
- by using JP, the player can master abilities specific to the job
- apart from the basic job each character has, they can equip a “battle job”
- this changes stats according to the equipment worn
- it also increases the number of weapons that can be equipped, and lets the character master the abilities of that job
- all abilities that are unlocked are available on that characters
- switching jobs changes the look of the characters


More screenshots here!

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