[TheSpatialWeeg]

So I came up with a few mission mechanics, and I felt like sharing it with everyone. :3 Feedback is very much appreciated, as I have a feeling some of these...might be a bit busted. Hopefully, they'll still be fun to tinker around with!

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Level Up!

As one would most likely interpret from this name, a character would be able to level up during a mission after gaining enough experience points. Of course, the gained levels are stuck to the mission incorporating said mechanic, so the characters are naturally reset to 'level 1' after the mission is complete. The Level Up Mechanic can work in different ways.

• Fixed Stats: The GM decides which stats get boosted after a level up, whether it be one stat or more, stat points or modifier.
  

  Example: Ecolo levels up. The GM decides to give 3 stat points to Ecolo's STR.

• Mario & Luigi Formula: In the Mario & Luigi series, players could choose to amp up a stat via the Bonus roulette after a level up...and that's basically how the formula works. Once a character levels up, a 1d5 roll is made to determine how big the stat boost will be (whether the GM or the player does the roll, it's up for the GM.) To encourage tinkering with setups, die modifiers could be used (inversely proportional depending on how high the stat is).
  

  Example: Accord levels up. The player rolls 1d5+1 to determine how big will the boost be for her DEX.

The GM decides level caps, experience gained by defeating the enemies, the experience needed to level up, the used formula and the modifiers for the M&L formula (or whether they'll be even used).

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Permastatus

Characters are bound to an irremovable status, no matter how hard they try to fight it! It could be beneficial...or very dangerous~ GM decides which status will be permanent, if there are any ways to (briefly) stop it and if enemies are affected by it too.

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Foodsick

Something odd happened...it's making people unable to consume any food! Let's hope you brought in a healer, because this condition bars anyone from any consumables that could heal a character. GM can decide if there's exceptions, however.

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Shieldless

Either you dodge or you get hit. Any and all shields are disabled in the mission!
GM decides on possible exceptions, of course.

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Alien Stat World

Roll DEX to punch? Roll INT for physical defense? Roll CON to resist mental attacks? How absurd! ...And yet, this is exactly what the ASW is all about! GM decides on the stats flipped for the mission.

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Zero Mode

How would you like a mission without modifiers? Welcome to Zero Mode, where the dice can't be modified! Moves or items that can increase/decrease a modifier are also unallowed unless GM decides otherwise.

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Uncontrollable Transformations

Time for a (forced) change of pace! Every three turns, any character with a transformation available with them will be forcefully transformed to a randomly selected form by the start of the new turn. (No Combat Actions are wasted unless stated otherwise)

• If a character has only one extra form available, the character's forced to alternate between the two in a fixed order.

   Example: 3 turns have passed. Corrin's forced to turn into his dragon form in the new rotation. 3 turns later, he goes back to his human form. The cycle repeats until the end of the mission.

• If the character has multiple forms, players must roll a 1dn (n = number of transformations available) by order of addition/Smash Journal appearance.  By the time the rotation begins anew, the 'normal' or previous form will be on the selected form's previous number.

  Example: 3 turns have passed, and Amitie must transform. The forms available are:
  

  • 1: Red Amitie
  • 2: Swordfighter Amitie
  • 3: Amitie ver. Sonic
  • 4: Sweet Amitie

  
  The player rolls 1d4. The result is 3, forcing Amitie to transform into Amitie ver. Sonic.
  3 turns later, it's time to roll again! This time, the available forms are:
  

  • 1: Red Amitie
    
  • 2: Swordfighter Amitie
    
  • 3: Amitie
  • 4: Sweet Amitie

  
  The player rolls, and the result is 4. Amitie is forced to transform into Sweet Amitie.

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Element Madness

Let's hope you're static to hear this news that will set things ablaze and chill you to the core. Elements will now be no longer a gimmick to place a status on!

In this, enemies and/or players can get an element affiliated to them, and players & enemies alike will have to deal with new strengths and weaknesses. Using an element that's strong against the affiliated element scores a 1.5x damage bonus, while the same element/one that it's strong against will only half the normal damage or maybe heal the opponent by the amount of damage it was supposed to deal. 

GM decides on: the element types, their weaknesses/resistances, what attacks will count as the element in question if they're not obvious enough (if those will even have an elemental retweak at all), attribution to enemies and/or players, if healing via same/resisting attribute is going to be a thing.

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More ideas soon! Hopefully. Maybe.