Yeah, I know, but I couldn't really contain myself and just blazed through the rest of the game.
It's alright though: I want to replay it, and when you update it again I'll start from scratch. maybe my Gilliam won't be defense screwed this time!
About the randomizer: I don't think it's circles' skills system interfering with it. I just patched a clean FE8 ROM with the skills patch, then randomized it (in that order) and it worked fine. When I try to patch your hack though, microsoft framework gives me an error. It allows me to continue patching, but the patching never seems to end.
This is not something you need to worry about though. It's just my habit of taking a crazy thing and trying to make it crazier.