Sacred Haven of Debauchery

But in Tactics, doesn't charisma affect the number of companions? It's useless.

It's actually quite useful. It constantly forces you to drop loot on the ground, then pick it up from the recruiter, Stitch, and sell the junk to him, as he's the only one with almost the highest bartering skill for most of the game – a whopping 45%.

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Also, in the second playthrough, Archie will only play for a couple of days before getting bored of doing the same thing again.