Reaction % is your Brave. Ramza starts with 70 Brave, thus an Auto-Potion will happen 70% of the time
Faith is for Magic damage and statuses. If you have 70 Faith you will not only do more damage with a Fire spell, but you will also take more damage from a Fire spell. Stop will hit you more often, but so will Haste.
Always check the Turn Order. This is help you know who is going to move next, but it will also tell you if your spell will hit the target before they move
Speaking of Turn Order, this is more of an advance tip, but if you only do 1 of your actions [move or attack] and then don't use the other [Use a Potion on yourself and not move, for example] that unit's turn will come up quicker. Again, this is more of advanced tip
If the game asks if you want to save it, save it in a new slot. There are some battles that you can't get back to the world map, so it's good to have a save before that so you can either level up or get better gear
Stat giving equipment is better than a little extra HP. Meaning that clothes are a lot better than armor pretty quickly in the game
Do your own thing. There are going to be a lot of people that come in here to say to make this or that. Just have fun
Random fights are based on your team's level. Story fights are set to levels unless they're monsters, which will always be around your level as well [I could be wrong about a certain storyline one]
If anyone else has anything to add, go for it
Have fun, it's my favorite game of all time and I'm really good at it. Just let ask if you have any questions about the mechanics of the game.
