Sounds good. Heard companions might be a thing. Even if that's mostly for the combat system, that already makes the decision to distance from the ToA style sensible. ToA has, I think, only one instance of combat encounters involving more than 1v1 and that's just a single 1Pv2NPC fight. If I had to vote on it, my hope is for the first gobbo girl you encounter to be your first companion...something about your first introduction to a game, initially being your first opponent, winding up being your most staunch ally thick as thieves sounds awesome.