[Fire Emblem] The Gathering Storm

[Menarker]

Originally Posted by PhoenixFlame

Mern: Yes... I mentioned they gain the same xp as staff users. Normally 10 for every action, thieves included when performing steal and pick actions. Higher tier staves can result in more XP (Warp staff abuse~) but normally 10-20. I'll probably give dancers and bards 10 per unit they refresh, but that could end up very exploitable. Maybe cap it at 20/turn.

Basically, if you have nobody who needs healing, start healing people who are only missing like 1hp, because it's xp.

It's also a reason why healers rarely carry the restore staff. Why cure poison when you can heal them every turn for the next five turns?

Doesn't that kinda accelerate the durability degradation of the healing staves? Powerful artifacts like these don't seem plentiful. I mean, fast exp growth is great for sure, but if it is going to diminish the life-span of your staff, I'd start saving it for when it'll have more than cosmetic purpose in case of an emergency.

[Overcast]

Took away from my Defense and Strength equally to pull Res up to 20. Should create a reasonable base of reliable growth to go with his major concentration on speed and skill and that high HP. Because for some reason that is a staple in the Archetype.

Also Mern, to the contrary I think all weapons are plentiful. Just some are more expensive than others, and when it comes to becoming a more powerful character some expenses early on are more than worth it.

[Menarker]

Well, I was just curious. I'm not playing a caster myself, but I felt it was worth asking on behalf of the other mages and those thinking of being healers.

[Loyal]

Warp staves are rare/expensive, yes. I prefer Barrier staves because they can be used casually without necessarily being wasted, and because they have a much more reasonable price tag (In most FE games you get 15 EXP a pop and 15 uses. 225 EXP for 2250 gold ain't bad). Also because Warp staves are simply far too useful in scenarios other than "murder everything."

Heal staves are generally expendable.

[PhoenixFlame]

Originally Posted by Loyal

You don't need to have a great Res base or growth, but I absolutely advise against dropping it entirely.

It's a sad thing when Marisa gets one-shotted by bolting from across the map at level 20 in FE8's return to Renais Castle mission, for one.

But yeah, the basic heal staff and barrier/torch staves are spammable. You might want to save things like Sleep, Berserk, Silence, Physic, Warp, Rescue, Fortify, and maybe Mend, but there's no sense to do /nothing/ on your turn, unless you like being level 8 pre-promotion during the latter half of game.

Some character types benefit from it, on the logic that not having a certain staff is generally a better result than being dead.

[McTahr]

Made quite a bit of progress but I would like some clarification on Caledonia:
What is the surname of the royal family?
Do you have any mannerisms, personalities, etc. worked out within the family?
What kind of kingdom is it? (Mountainous, wooded, land-locked, etc.)
Does the royal family have a notable crest planned out?
Are there any national colors/symbols?

And in general for the lore:
Is there a particular god of hunting, sacrifice, or war? (Think Tyr for the last two)

Sorry, I have needs, but most of the stuff left to work out hinges on those and technically the princess role.

Also, if there's like, a wiki or something I should be looking at for lore instead of asking you to type up a bunch of stuff, lemme know. Not knowledgeable enough with FE games to know if this is a custom realm or something we're working off of.

[Dracorion]

Okay, so. I was going to sign up for this, but then this thread turned into twelve pages overnight and like twenty people already have characters.

So meh.

[Teal Mage]

That probably shouldn't disaude you Drac. Just sayin'.

Originally Posted by PhoenixFlame

@Teal: Kayy... I think Arhra might be looking at princess, actually.

This is, of course, one of the reasons I posted my concept in advance.

Will try to figure out - Oh!

Originally Posted by Wizardcat

If Ahrha takes the princess role, Teal, you and I could be the emissary/bodyguard combo; I'm fine with either role. I'm imagining something similar to Erk and Serra... I decided on a Mage last night and went to sleep before finishing, so now I've got to convert my tables into the official stuff.

While the character isn't quite as annoying/cute as Serra, she was the closest analogy I could find to the personality, so, that might be a good fit. As I understand, SinrXIII was playing with a non-mage bodyguard character for mine too, so provided you don't mind being a trio, I've no problems adapting to fit that.

Although, it strikes me that sending Serra as an emissary to anything important might be perceived as an insult.

Sure that's a good idea, PF? I thought Cenia and Caledonia were vaguely on good terms.

Originally Posted by Mauve Mage

Ah. I'll wait and let Arhra decide then, if he's already been considering it.

There is another Princess role avalible if you're after that Mauve, Makeen's.

Convention says she'd be a Pegasus Knight, but that's not set-in-stone, since I'd assume you were looking at a Mage of some kind, class-wise.

[Wizardcat]

Originally Posted by Teal Mage

While the character isn't quite as annoying/cute as Serra, she was the closest analogy I could find to the personality, so, that might be a good fit. As I understand, SinrXIII was playing with a non-mage bodyguard character for mine too, so provided you don't mind being a trio, I've no problems adapting to fit that.

Although, it strikes me that sending Serra as an emissary to anything important might be perceived as an insult.

Sure that's a good idea, PF? I thought Celina and Caledonia were vaguely on good terms.

A threesome it is!

And I imagine sending Serra as an emissary is probably more for the purpose of Serra no longer being in Cenia than anything else. Besides, it's Not-Serra; presumably, Not-Serra's better at diplomacy and/or politics. If only slightly, anyway.

[Loyal]

It's a sad thing when Marisa gets one-shotted by bolting from across the map at level 20 in FE8's return to Renais Castle mission, for one.

Ha ha, people using Marisa.

And I imagine sending Serra as an emissary is probably more for the purpose of Serra no longer being in Cenia than anything else. Besides, it's Not-Serra; presumably, Not-Serra's better at diplomacy and/or politics. If only slightly, anyway.

Not-Serra is the eyecandy to distract the host while the actual emissary does his thing.

"So, how about those territorial discussions?"
"Uh huh, yeah, sure."