Go to option (right above save in the menu). The 4th item lets you adjust difficulty from 50% to 200%. Turn it down if the battle is hard for you.
Also, keep drinking at the well (and pee at 80% if you want to skip the scene), once in a while the wishing well function would pop-up:
The first one gives you gold
The second one gives you item that buff your stats.
Third one makes you slutty.
Forth one restore your virgin status and reset slut status to 0%.
Also, go in a group of 4, and look for water source you can drink from to restore health.
When you win battle, you get items that increase your max HP or stats. Mobs also change/get stronger when your HP goes higher.
Other tips:
- Try and explore, open up the world map before you start clearing.
- Top to everyone in the castle basement to learn about skills (see below), and also learn about hidden routes (to get the chest in bottom left)
- Talk to the teleport person in every new place you visit, this will save you a trip later on
- e.g. Paying $200 for the ferry in the starting city takes you to another city with a Colosseum
- exit south of city and crossing the bridge would enable you access to a new village in the east
- Talk to everyone in town to open up new areas and get quests. Repeat with different outfit as new option may open up
- There are 10 companions and some are required to proceed with the quests (e.g. you need the cat girl to proceed with the wolf & bird quest line)
- Some party members may react to places negatively (story related), such as Elf girl will refuse to enter the Elf Village west of starting city.
Learning skills and magic:
- Skills are learned in battle when you use a weapon
- Magic requires training via spell books you buy at store
- Once you bought the spell book, you still have to go to the skill/magic option (2nd option in main menu), then select 4th option to learn skills magic
- Here, you will see all the known martial skills and all magic listed.
- If you have the required material, you can click on the skill or magic to learn it.
- You can learn skills other people know, but it requires skill items for said weapon. The training instructor in the castle basement gives you one of each to start with, and I think you get more from battle.
Those who enjoy Romancing SaGa or Ordeal of Princess Eris should feel right at home here