Ah, the surprise handicap reset battle... if I'm not mistaken in the older games when those happened, they seemed to trigger at specific locations...and vividly recall one battle that was almost done (seconds from winning...was quite cross.)
I hope it is keyboard action, but I am worried the handling will be vague and yet too reactive.
ITC I know had a dialogue system that was a nice addition then, hopefully it's got some nice info at times