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Derick the Swordmaster of Doom

Gregor the Tanky Stab-Sentinel

[Blade Master Model 42]

HOLY SHET, lookit dat ring.

Alright, Shimnir can't get to us until turn 3 I think, unless someone rides out to meet him (Bad idea, I'd think). He has Pass, so we shouldn't bother with the western chokepoint, at least right off the bat. Let's see what the reinforcements do. On the other hand, we have a little time before the North contingent shows up, and we still have Rescue, so it might be worth it to clobber him first, and not worry about the headache he'd cause if left alone.

In the South, the bishop can be on us in two turns, with everything else coming up behind. Not that he likely will, he's got a Physic and droppable healing, so he'll probably hang back. The Southeast choke is probably where Alex should go.

In the North they will be at the north chokepoint in about 4 turns. There's a lot more magic up there too. I'm thinking Olison parks there. If I sit at 19,12, I can Support Olison, and Charisma for him and Alex.

Oh my. That's a lot of magic users up north.

There's only 5 right now. *waves hand dismissively*

[Sirus]

Might not have to deal with him at all. That talk of "new employers" makes me think that Shimnir is recruitable. Plus he has a mugshot, which as any FE player knows signifies either a recruitable unit or a boss.

[Blade Master Model 42]

Might not have to deal with him at all. That talk of "new employers" makes me think that Shimnir is recruitable. Plus he has a mugshot, which as any FE player knows signifies either a recruitable unit or a boss.

He's the only enemy with a mug. He's almost definitely the boss. And even if he was recruitable, we'd probably have to throw money/loot at him, something of which we are in short supply.

[Haspen]

Might not have to deal with him at all. That talk of "new employers" makes me think that Shimnir is recruitable. Plus he has a mugshot, which as any FE player knows signifies either a recruitable unit or a boss.

He's the only enemy with a mug. He's almost definitely the boss. And even if he was recruitable, we'd probably have to throw money/loot at him, something of which we are in short supply.

Because I would toss a chapter boss at you which you can nab in 3 turns.

Yeeeeah no.

[Blade Master Model 42]

Might not have to deal with him at all. That talk of "new employers" makes me think that Shimnir is recruitable. Plus he has a mugshot, which as any FE player knows signifies either a recruitable unit or a boss.

He's the only enemy with a mug. He's almost definitely the boss. And even if he was recruitable, we'd probably have to throw money/loot at him, something of which we are in short supply.

Because I would toss a chapter boss at you which you can nab in 3 turns.

Yeeeeah no.

...But I've been wrong before!

Edit: Hypothetical question. If we were to recruit Shamshir Shimnir, would his ring still be drop tagged? If yes, and he was killed by an enemy, who would get it, would it remain drop tagged?

[Sirus]

Might not have to deal with him at all. That talk of "new employers" makes me think that Shimnir is recruitable. Plus he has a mugshot, which as any FE player knows signifies either a recruitable unit or a boss.

He's the only enemy with a mug. He's almost definitely the boss. And even if he was recruitable, we'd probably have to throw money/loot at him, something of which we are in short supply.

I dunno. The boss might show up later after the initial waves are dealt with. He's expressing doubt about what Prixima is doing, which means he might not have a very high price for people against her or can be convinced to wait for payment. After all, in FE the only ones to doubt that what they're doing is right are recruitables, recurring characters, or characters with some prior connection to a party member.

I'm not saying that there's no way he's the boss, I'm just saying that my sensors are pinging a little.

[Blade Master Model 42]

Given that Haspen just said I was dead wrong, your sensors may be properly aligned. However, there is one thing to note-

That is a sweet ring, and I want it for our team. Maybe give it to Ami, let her get between patients even more quickly. Or maybe Olison, for further enhanced Pass shenanigans.

[Haspen]

If you recruit him, his ring is no longer droppable.

_{FYI: He sells the ring at later date to save a little girl from starvation but she gets mugged by bandits few minutes later and he watches her die.}

[Blade Master Model 42]

Well, there goes Plan B: Shimnir the cannon fodder.

And don't you try to make me empathize with the dirty late game recruit. >:I

EDIT: Okay, in the event we cannot manage to recruit him, Olison and Seyena are best chances to explode him. With Valor in support range, Seyena can almost certainly do 14 damage, and have a 1/3 crit chance. Olison has less good odds, with just under 80% hit, 1/5 crit, but 18 damage.

Valor could attack him, and possibly one shot, as with Seyena close by, he'd have a 50/50 crit chance... But only a 75% hit chance. And get doubled in return. I didn't bother checking my hit odds with the Francisca, that'd be depressing.

Haspen, more speed at level up please, I don't wanna be a support character anymore. Your ability changes to Hero inverted Valor's battlefield role ;_;

[Taricus]

Ooohhh, I remember this map!

Bonus points to the person that finds Arinne's body!

[Xanmyral]

General Tactical Suggestions

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Don't forget the wagon is there, I suggest everyone topping off their inventories with whatever medicine is in there, which is four vulns and a weird, smaller-than-usual 3/3 pure water. We're gonna need every drop, ever speck.

The big annoyances will be the hell druids, but I'm mostly thankful there's no other siege magic on the field (yet) but them. Taking them out is a priority, but I doubt they'll get close until their magic's dry.

Use those pure waters! Use 'em! Whoever is going north should take one after this turn so they don't go splat because of the magic. The magic users up there are fire sages, so Seyena should probably park close up there due to her high RES against such magic. Seyena with a pure water will literally laugh off their fire, taking only four damage.

Sal does have better resistance against their magic, but he'll still get toasted to death without a pure water, and with one still taking thirty damage. Sadly, he's the second highest (only when dealing with anima magic) RES of the group. Well, PC wise at least.

Other than that, I agree with what was said before. Alexander can do good either at the north or south door, although he will pretty much be a wall at the south door. Until they decided it will be easier to just tear the actual walls down than get past him. Whoever holds the north will have a difficult time of it due to how many there are and the magic going to be thrown around. I'm personally thinking that Seyena should be close (out of range of the archers however) to the north entrance to deal with whatever mages come through.

Olison isn't a bad choice to go up there, he'll take less damage from the axeman than Sal would (20 vs 2x12), but Sal takes tremendously less (10 vs 2x1) from the swordmasters however. Which is bad, considering they have almost a coinflip of a chance to crit. There's also the sergeant which Sal takes just barely less from (14 vs 2x5). So they can trade off there I suppose when one or the other gets there.

For now, since our mugged guest has pass, I agree with BMM that holding the west is sadly not worth it.

On an unrelated note, I don't believe it, there's actually an enemy on the map who can't double Sal. I'm honestly really shocked here. I was resigned to him always being doubled forever. I mean, like the sages he still dies without pure water, but still, I'm shocked.

Ring Discussion

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 The ring is nice, yeah, but on our map kinda pointless. We're in a small room where even Alexander can go from one end to the other in a single turn. I say recruit him if we can, kill him if we can't.

The biggest worry about him is that he can drop any one of us with a double crit (an 8.4% chance, not accounting anyone's dodge), other than that anyone with good defense can handle him accordingly. I've no idea what slow does however.

[Powder Miner]

I think we all know why there are so many mages.

However, I can minimize how much mages kick me to death by using holy water; what turn do you think I should?

[Xanmyral]

That depends on if you go north or south. There's no (yet) condition staffs, and the Hell druid siege magic isn't affected by RES in the slightest, so if you go south you won't need it until mages show up there. If you go north, the mages will probably reach you in a few turns, so I suggest take it whenever they're close to hitting you.

Also, it seems 3/3 is actually normal for pure water. Not sure why I thought otherwise. Anyway, we only have five uses of pure water so we have to use them carefully, only when necessary.

Edit: I suggest one of our mounted units taking the pure water in the wagon, they can use it twice due to mounted action economy, which may be invaluable. Since Seyena's inventory is topped off already, I suggest either Sal or Olison.

Other than that, let's try to make the NPCs act sensible. Anja will be most useful dancing and playing her flute, giving people extra turns (although right now will be a waste), Danya and Matilda will be helpful here along with Tiron. Tiron and Matilda can use a staff, but as to if that will be useful is to be seen. Sadly, I'm not sure if Tiron has call magic at his disposal.

[Powder Miner]

I'm going south since I can probably handle that smaller wave.
Oh, by the way: it's a great advantage for me if either Anja or Salvatore stays within 3 feet of me, even moreso if they're adjacent and I can guard them.
Proximity to an ally gives me +2 DEF and +2 RES, and both of them give me +1 DEF in a support. +3 DEF and +2 RES is actually a pretty significant bonus.
It's going to be easier to reach me with that if I go to 19, 14, which I will since it lets me bottle em up a bit more.
I suggest a ranged unit sand behind me and a support to the side- because only two of them at a time can hit me from that position AND that ranged unit and I can team on them. The support would be safe since I'd be guarding them.

[Haspen]

Slow means -20 Eva.