Thank you very much for playing my game and I am glad you enjoyed it!
I appreciate the feedback you have given me, especially regarding the text since this has been raised by a number of players now and I will be glad to fix this for everyone in the near future.
Just so you know, weapons work exactly like the spell scrolls you mentioned in that any character can equip any weapon (i.e the hero is not limited to swords and the girl the bow) and the weapons themselves are designed to augment the playstyle of the player themselves.
For instance, a character with a big spell arsenal will have the spells boosted by equipping Staves.
There are a lot of intricacies with the progression system since it is far from traditional (the bearded soldier at the first village expands on this) but I am working on balancing things.
I will for sure keep up with this and other projects. Since this game was submitted to a game jam, I have another dropping soon which will have a very different feel to it and would appreciate any play time and feedback.
Thanks again for playing and take care!