Monsters in the game can sometimes when they are near death morph into another shape, making them stronger.

You don’t have any skill points in this game, you buy a skill for money and you level it up on your own.

Skills: gain experience when you use them in battle.

You have 3 different Ki modes on your character, called, Attack, Defense and Soul, if you choose "Attack" then you will gain more attack power but you'll lose more defense, "Defense" the same just the opposite, and "Soul" you gain more Intelligence.