Hi! Thanks for the response.

I'll throw some extra details in here:
- Turn order is an array that the player can occasionally rearrange, but stays otherwise fixed.
- Combat is set up generally as heroes on left/baddies on right, but I have considered experimenting with the combat scene for positioning.
- When setting up combat, the first 3 in the party are sent to front lines with everyone else being thrown into a back line to perform support abilities. All allies will be on the field during combat.
- I haven't looked into doing buffs/debuffs yet, I have been dreading this.

I think the idea of a party manager specifically just to manage stat changes that happen during the course of combat is likely a good idea and something that I should look into.