User blog comment:Auric Drake/Part 3 gameplay wishes/@comment-36674939-20190922085526/@comment-36674939-20190922224553

The first one would just make the two class branches rather redundant--and fists would win out in this scenario anyways due to agility being an inherently better stat than attack most of the time. They need to function differently, otherwise it just becomes a question of which stat is superior.

As for the second one, Alchemists actually cover this already; their elemental Sword creations apply spellblade effects across your entire party. Alchemy has a lot of really neat, powerful buffs,you should check it out sometime.