Wow... just finished reading this and congratulations on the time this must have taken. first of all I think abetter enemy AI is not called for except in "Commanders" (though perhaps they could command their allies to take advantage of your points?) . I also love the idea of different rarer effects (though I think these are already in the plan for Dev) and crystal chests being more prevalent. I think that wells of wishing & scrolls of acquirement are already buffed enough as rare. Additionally I love the shadow beast and I have a couple of suggestions: 1. incorporeal, less HP less melee damage, and +10% evasion. 2. +dex covers SP points. and 3. Sil (i'll workshop the name) lose agro the second all enemies lose line of sight.