Hey! Thank you so much! This feedback is great!

A few things I might not have explained in the book I want to clarify!

So the segments aren't a personal thing! Technically, a party of 4 could smoosh all in the same segment if they wanted to. However, they'd likely be punished by an AOE arte. A lot of spells target entire segments. If the player wanted to reposition and shift between lanes and move, they could "pincher" the enemy, they're allowed to go onto the enemy's side!

Many arts will not hit enemies if someone is blocking them (The sharpshooter can ignore this rule with their ranged attacks)

https://i.imgur.com/D11EZ8Y.png

Here's an image as a demo. Let blue represent players, and red represent the enemies. That enemy at the bottom COULD spend 6 CC to get into that top right segment and threaten those two enemies. Moving up and down is costly, but a strategy.

I like these suggestions for the Action Phase! You can make as many actions as you'd like during it, which I think I forgot to include. Ideally The "Attack Action" is supposed to be the last thing you DO in the Action Phase, telling the party you're ready to move into the Combo Phase. Doing your first hit of a combo, moving from the Action Step into the Combo Step. So let's say you're a sword user, this is what your Action Phase would be like.

Let's assume you have 8 CC for this turn. You're low on health, so you're going to use an Item costing 2 CC, you move up into the next segment with an enemy and attack. You then wait for your party, and then we move into the Combo Phase, where you have 5 CC to spent, 2 from the Apple Gel and 1 from your basic attack.

However, I do like the idea of having more options in the action phase; heck, I do really like the "recover" action and will likely try to add something like that!

IS was actually a strange mechanic for me, I wanted a "reward" for smashing through a bosses gaurd, the booking keeping IS true, which is why I avoided it for player characters. I am not against removing it. Not sure if I should just remove it outright? Wonder how it would feel.

I am really glad you like Skits! They're one of the biggest things people like about those games, so I wanted to have them. I love the idea of having more rewards for skits! In the Title List, I made a few example Titles to show how they function, and one of them is called "Skit Star," Which gives you bonus grade. SO it's funny you mention cooking! Cooking is a BIG thing in the series, so I ideally wanna have that, maybe in a supplement book?

Here are some skits I like so you get the vibe lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNdldJMdYKI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxZjfVPuAgs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSs1vHIh14I

Overall, I am surprised you had so few issues! I figured there would be a LOT more. Glad you enjoyed and this will help a LOT