PSIII threatens to draw me back into patch creation.... kaloes actually started the talk over on gamefaqs about remaking PSIII with RPG Maker, but of course, I thought about the possibilities of a harder mode simply within the rom. Since then, I've given a user over there (mr2) some pointers and did a little delving myself to see what I could find. I found the monster table and the initial character stats, while he has been expanding on those finds to make complete tables. I don't see myself making a patch of my own because I don't know the game well enough to create a difficult, but balanced patch of my own. That'll have to be done by someone else.
Ok, enough of an introduction; here is some of the craziness mr2 has found, (there are some very minor spoilers if you haven't completed the game yet): http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmes ... c=37322851