Yeah. You need "cheats". It's technically true.Is there an easy way to gain gold at the start of the game? I know there are 2 free quests and the repeatable rat one, but those take some grinding to even afford the shop's gear.
The thing you actually need is more of an save editor actually. It's used to edit your way through by cheating none the less.
As far as I'm aware, you can get one here:
RPGMakerSaveEdit
I don't know however, if it is up to date. You need to check it up yourself.