Battle Mechanics

The entire party's gun ammo replenishes after every battle (Royal)
You get a set number of Down Shots per Metaverse infiltration (Royal)
The entire party starts in Guard mode if ambushed (Royal)
Futaba's All-out Attack heals the entire party's HP and may activate in place of a normal All-out Attack if it would defeat all enemies (Royal)
Security Level starts at 40% (Royal)

Burn: Takes damage every turn
Freeze: Unable to take action
Shock: Unable to take action, melee attacks against a shocked enemy may transfer Shock
Sleep: Unable to take action, HP and SP restores gradually, recovers after being hit
Rage: All stats reduced, attack buffed, will automatically use melee attacks
Fear: May ignore commands or run away from battle
Brainwash: May heal or support the enemy, or attack ally
Hunger: Reduces attack
Forget: Unable to use skills, recovers after being hit (Royal)
Confuse: May throw away money or items, use an item, or do nothing, lasts for 1 turn (Royal)
Dizzy: Accuracy greatly reduced, recovers after being hit (Royal)
Despair: Unable to take action, dies after 3 turns, Reaper cannot succumb (Royal)

When a combatant is afflicted with an ailment certain elemental attacks against them deal Technical damage

If party member downs an enemy they can pass their One More to another party member
You cannot Baton Pass to any member who has previously received a pass during the same turn, capping the maximum number of passes at 4
Each subsequent pass during the same turn raises the receiver's damage
The third pass receiver will have their skill costs set to 0 for that pass (Royal)
Baton Pass is available by default for new party members (Royal)
Each party member has their own Baton Pass Rank that activates when receiving a Baton Pass that can be leveled up through darts (Royal)

Chance for prompt to occur at beginning of party member's turn
That party member will perform a pair attack with another that deals almighty damage to one enemy
Damage scales with current level, buffs, and activated traits
Can occur during boss fights
More showtimes become available over course of story

After a special Museum Palace event search objects will have a low chance of containing Treasure Demons
Treasure Demons will run away if not defeated quickly
Defeating one yields larges amounts of money and EXP
When negotiated during holdup they will automatically join as a persona
They cannot be created through fusion
Treasure Demons count towards compendium completion
They may also appear in normal encounters (Royal)
Each palace and corresponding floor of Mementos has their own Treasure Demon

Random encounters have a low chance of replacing one of the normal enemies with an upgraded version called a Disaster Shadow
Disaster Shadows have the same shape as their normal counterparts with a shiny texture
They have the same resistances and skills as their normal counterparts
Disaster Shadows will immediately counter any skill that does not down them with heavy damage
Upon defeat they explode dealing heavy damage to all remaining enemies
Disaster Shadows drop rarer items upon defeat

All human rulers have 3 Will Seeds hidden throughout their palace
Obtaining a Will Seed restores some SP for the entire party
Collecting all 3 Will Seeds will cause them to fuse into a unique accessory with a standard skill
Showing the accessory to Jose after the palace collapses will prompt him upgrade it to have a unique skill instead
Jose will also sell any Will Seeds you missed from previous palaces at a hefty price

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