Final Requests for Help

3. Tools have a 1 in 32 chance of breaking when used. This would also require removing the restriction of not being able to buy more than 1 of each tool from shops. I would also like, if possible, for the Chain Saw to be exempted from this, since it is the only unique tool not acquired from shops.

This is actually not a bad idea. In fact, this almost reminds me of Final Fantasy Legend 2 (Saga 2) for gameboy in which every single weapon has a limited number of uses. At first nobody likes it, but it quickly became my favorite feature of the game over the years. It makes obtaining new weapons more exciting knowing you have 30 uses before they disappear. It also makes you continue to use up weaker weapons even though you have more powerful weapons in your inventory.  Anyway, this idea with the tools also gives you something to do with those dozens of tools you accumulate for Edgar through monster drops toward the end of the game...

By the way, the Chainsaw in my hack (thanks to this patch) no longer attemps an instant death move when monsters are immune to it. However, I realized this made the Drill completely useless, so to offset this, I lowered the Chainsaw hit rate to 150. This means the Drill is 100% accurate while the Chainsaw could sometimes miss. That gives a reason to still choose the Drill against monsters that have high evade, like Cactrots.