The Forest Ruins where the Sealed Pyramid is loacted, is now an actual forest (not just two screens)
So, I was thinking of adding the same enemy set as the Cursed Woods (tadpoles and such) for the first visit to Medina.
However, after the fall of Zeal and if you go to the Pyramid (and can open it) the forest will
be full of Zeal Mages that got thrown into the 1000 AD era (besides Melchior)... maybe they are trying to get into
the Sealed Pyramid for some reason... (just another mini-side quest idea) This one shouldn't really affect the storyline too much, seeing as many citizens of Zeal were scattered into many eras. We could have some enemies scattered aswell.
We could also have a party discussion about the pyramid (myth or something) if you go there the first time.
Also, reviving Crono should be necessary to cause Deitus's existance. (even though he 'always' existed in a "dreamless form". Though he *could* have taken Marle's form(during the Leene/Yakra quest), he felt Crono was far stronger.)
I like the idea that Marle should be too hysterical to use after the Zeal disaster, this would be very easy to implement with events.
I may also make it so Frog has to be in your party for Magus to even appear at the North Cape. (Or just force him to be temporary leader while Crono is "absent") Frog could say something about Magus being nearby so he should lead (or have the party "vote" him leader because he has the Masamune and must be ready for Magus (since they now know that he's in that era)
On a simular note, the Valley of the Giants areas should REQUIRE Ayla to be in your party (which as also easy to implement). Maybe this could be because she is the only one who can read the "reptilian hyroglyphs" (cave drawings), I think it would be cool to have some kind of ancient dino writing that only Ayla can read.
The mod will eventually have a "like counter", depending on the decisions you make and how you treat the characters depends on if Lucca or Marle will hug Crono on Death Peak. If you get Marle to, then there will be an extended version of the Moonlight Parade where they dance together or something. (There will be the "best of best" endings)
...which brings me to: The Moonlight Parade
All the side areas will be open for you to be able to explore during this ending. (Telepod exhibit still ends the game.... also the "goodbye scene" should be extended with more dialouge), Gato exhibit has Gato broken down -- Lucca will comment on this -- could be amusing. Dance exhibit will be a prehistoric party. Blackjack area will be another party (lot's of people celebrating and such). Nortein Bekkler will be living it up.
(and maybe have some special minigame you can play with him during this ending)
Another thing: When you start a new game, there is going to be a save point in Crono's room (it vanishes after you name Lucca). If you start a BRAND NEW game and then save here, then start a new game+ off of the brand new game, you will be in New Game* mode which has ALL newgame+ features (but you ofcourse you have no equipment or even experience yet -- so the game is harder) and since you are technically in new game+ mode (even though you started a new game) ...ALL of the areas that upgrade monsters will start at the highest upgrade
(So it's like a secret ULTRA hard mode) Clever, eh?
Decisions affect the outcome:
Later on when I get around to coding the auction house (won't be for a long time - since story expand is the current high priorty) I will make the Porre Elder (who has the Sun Stone) SELL the Sun Stone in the Porre Auction house(didn't they have the most money of all the towns? I figured greedy "Porre" would be a perfect place for this) for 1,000,000 Gil IF you screwed up and sold the Jerky for 10,000 Gil. (You still get it from free from his house if you gave the Jerky away)
If Lucca saves Crono from the Guardia Prison, she will have a Zonker38 equipped. (randomly puts enemies to sleep), if not then she never had time to develop this gun so that "time stream" (the one where she makes it and saves Crono) doesn't exist. (So evilly enough, you can only get this weapon if you wait in the jail.) AND OF COURSE having the Zonker38 will be a pre-requisit item for Lucca to be able to make one of her even better guns later (one of the 3 guns that are better than the WonderShot)
...In summery, you may need to go through several New Game Pluses to obtain all of the higher weapons
(as for Eternity sword, the way to obtain it will probably be for Crono to beat level ** Lavos ALONE) THEN you deserve the awesome sword) in other words, you get it in the Programmer's Ending.
An alternate ending I would like to create would be defeating Lavos in the Ocean Palace (normally gives Programmer's Ending awell) The major problem with this is the destruction of Zeal not happening and such.... I may just make Lavos unbeatable for this battle. UNLESS, defeating Lavos causes Zeal to fall apart (because the Zealians changed their Elemental power to Lavos power) this would be a very interesting possibility if it can be done! So Zeal would just fall into the ocean and the Ocean Palace would start to crumble, but that leaves Magus still alive for Frog to deafeat? Magic would still be ruined in this process, and the gates sending everyone to different times could happen as a temporal anomaly created by the crumbling Ocean Palace. (So the Zeal disaster still happens but slightly different) This one is a *maybe* but I would like to see if it's possible.