Yeah thats what i expected, to happen, which is actually why i brought it up, as it may be a bug? Pretty easy to test by just taking a save file and tossing it in save editor online.I assumed charm was affecting it, but because there's no visible formula for me to use this was the most i could find easily. I just set my level back to 2 and ran through the available content, did find 2 hats and plug in the latest dungeon :)
I know there's also a hidden "Sway" stat exists, and there's stuff like the "collared" buff, but i since i don't get any of the numbers i can't tell much more than that they exist.
Magic/Power seem to scale normally and fine, like the scaling seems to be your base attributes raise with dungeon difficulty which makes sense both thematically and gamewise, (though it also raises the difficulty of older dungeons). The better items, increasing equipment load, and better elixirs definitely is what actually gives you power, like i had no issues nor did i need cheats to progress, just a matter of convenience when testing systems.
Also can you confirm whether it's intentional that the shop doesn't scale with dungeon progress/doesn't sell half the equippable slots of items? Or if they have just an extremely small chance of appearing? I'd found only basic buttplugs in the store in previous runs, and the well, but this time after extensive testing i only found it in the last dungeon. Also is the well at all affected by luck?
Charm *did* go up in damage, it just barely went up, like it was single digits change vs dealing hundreds of damage with spells/attacks, so the scaling might just not be working properly, or maybe some other bug? Can't really say, either way, again, thanks for the work Ellabelle, loving the game, looking forward to seeing whats in store next :)
I'm glad you enjoyed it :3
The shop only has a limited pool of items that it offers. I'm considering perhaps adding more stuff later on, but i don't really have a final idea.
I realized that while charm works as intended- charisma gives a lot less charm than fortitude-> power and mind-> magic. I'll change it so that part lines up in the future :)