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I think I had 3 encounters with Kranko. Does he have any significance in the story, or just an optional miniboss to maybe practice techniques?

Magnetic pliers? Was there ever a use for these

Indinera wrote:

I think I had 3 encounters with Kranko. Does he have any significance in the story, or just an optional miniboss to maybe practice techniques?

He does mean something...

Magnetic pliers? Was there ever a use for these

Yep there is.
A potential entry for your "secrets not in the guide" topic

Lady JJ wrote:

Indinera wrote:

I think I had 3 encounters with Kranko. Does he have any significance in the story, or just an optional miniboss to maybe practice techniques?

He does mean something...

Magnetic pliers? Was there ever a use for these

Yep there is.
A potential entry for your "secrets not in the guide" topic

The Magnetic pliers fall under Items->Passive, but I don't see a description that says what that passive boost is. I completed the game without taking the Magnetic pliers and I don't see any difference in the outcome.

kimo wrote:Magnetic LOCKING Pliers? What do they lock? Unlock?

Since they are found at the beginning of The Core/Cosmic Plane, their usefulness is limited to the Cosmic Plane and what follows as well as Faust as long as you have waited to return.

I do not remember if your party can return to The Pit, so that would be yet another area. But, that's it from what I can figure out. Since it's passive without a description, it's sort of like looking for something you didn't know was missing.

I reviewed those maps and cannot find any anomaly that doesn't seem to have a solution. And I've never encountered an NPC comment that implies a specific usefulness and I have a tendency to keep talking to them until their sentences become identical each time.