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Called it. Exactly what we don't want

It says bugs AND ideas at the top... And yeah, I got what the red socks meant.And yes you can but the default mechanic for most games in my experience is that you return it to the slot. The buff they need is a behavioral change where they STAY BACK from all fights. That would be a good buff.

Although the item slot and purchase UI is real pretty and minimalist with the tiny squares I feel like it would be much easier to understand if you can have text popups that describe the item the first couple times you hover over it. Maybe also put a number over the health potion level up thing at the bottom so that people will be familiar with how it works?