However if we did not allow players to permanently modify brave and faith, then those players who wished to use this method (some would call an exploit) would be simply out of luck. If you don't like changing brave/faith and you think its borderline cheating or 'chessy' then you can always not use the related abilities. Yes, Chris and I debated on this point for a while but it essentially came down to this. Can you increase or decrease a characters brave and faith?
I have a questions in your patch since it is not indicated in your site.