Bjarne

Chapter 10 - 6 turns. Good thing I had a flier to carry Eirika over the mountains. Chapter 11 - 11 turns. Had Vanessa murder everything in the bottom left corner along with a freshly promoted Moulder. Chapter 12 - 14 turns. Would have saved 3 turns if I was just 1 turn faster, as a set of reinforcements came just as I was about to kill the last enemy. Chapter 13 - 6 turns. Was done in 4 but waited for Cormag since I needed to promote Vanessa. She is now finally a wyvern knight Chapter 14 - 11 turns. Forgot to bring L'arachel so I spent a lot of gold on recruiting Rennac so I could get the hammerne staff. Also bought a bunch of killer weapons in the secret shop. Chapter 15 - 15 turns. I spent too much time babying Rennac and Colm so they could dig up stuff in the sand, and I never ended up using a lot of it. Chapter 16 - 8 turns. First warp. Just dropped Vanessa into the throne room and let her destroy everything. Chapter 17 - 2 turns. Vanessa warp into 1 round kill. Chapter 18 - 8 turns. Only let 2 eggs hatch. Chapter 19 - 2 turns. Vanessa warp into 1 round kill. Chapter 20 - 5 turns. Warped Vanessa (with rescued Eirika) in to kill all the Mogalls, then warped Ephraim in to 1 round kill the boss. Also Myrrh died, but I didn't feel like resetting for her. Chapter 21 - 3 turns. Vanessa 1 round kill on Lyon. Needed Ephraim, Vanessa and Eirika to kill Fomortiis in one round. Final turn count: 213 Throughout the later chapters, I was getting a bit frustrated with the RNG and ended up using save states a bit more liberally whenever I needed someone to hit/miss. Here's my final team, ordered from most useful to least useful THE QUEEN. I have now become a devout follower of the church of Vanessa Would have been nice if he had more magic so he could warp more than 5 spaces, but still really good. Dancer. Enough said Better stats than Vanessa, but doesn't have 8 move, flying or pierce. It was pretty nice to get a third combat unit, but apart from being a cavalier, this guy is really mediocore. Excellent magic. Finished the game with his staff rank at almost A. If I had gotten to A rank earlier, warp skips would have been a lot more effective. Dealt a lot of damage and took care of everything flying. He was alright. Nothing more to say. Her being stat screwed in the beginning really sucked, but she was nice during the end. Only got her so you guys wouldn't get a cleric early game. Having her along and not keeping her from dying probably ended up costing more turns than I gained from having her. I might try to play through again just to see if I can get a better turn count. Play of all the games: vanessa. This is basically how every boss battle went from chapter 15 onward.

Chapter 9A - 20 turns. This one was a nightmare, and I ended up using a save state to make sure Vanessa didn't die, but at least I got to all the villages in the end. @L3xandr3, don't be demoralized. This is my first draft, too.

@L3xandr3 Undrafted units may recruit characters.

True, I could have done it since I drafted Forde, but I'm not resetting this far in.

@Hello72207, I realized that if we wanted to promote our fliers earlier, we could have gotten the elysian whip in chapter 8 by keeping a chest key from chapter 5x. Personally, it would have saved me a LOT of turns to have a promoted Vanessa.

You'd get Cormag 3 chapters earlier in Ephraim, but he has better bases in Eirika. Ephraim might be pretty below average, but an average Ephraim is better than an average Eirika anyway. Ephraim's maps are harder than Eirika's though. It's pretty even, so I'd just say go for the route that is more fun for you.

Chapter 5 - 15 turns. Ended up having to distract both archers with Eirika while Vanessa flew up and destroyed the brigands. With the dracoshield, she was able to tank it. She also got a series of great level ups. Play of the Game: Vanessa triple crit followed by a near-perfect level-up (speed was capped). Chapter 5x - 19 turns. Ephraim levels up strength, speed and defense a bajillion times. Lost a few turns because I forgot to open the chests and back-tracked with Orson. Also accidentally pressed rescue instead of wait. Play of the Game - This mage coming out of nowhere to stealth kill Forde near the end. Chapter 6 - 7 turns. Play of the Game: Natasha the tank. Chapter 7 - 7 turns. Having a flier proved pretty useful for this one. Play of the Game: These two enemies adding a turn to my turn count. Chapter 8 - 12 turns. Nothing really happened here other than Vanessa reaching max level. Total turn count: 102 (I might have missed a few turns when counting, so it could possibly be a few turns higher) Eirika and Vanessa are still below average in every stat except resistance, but at least the gap is less noticeable now. Too bad Vanessa won't promote for the next 4 chapters and Eirika won't promote for the next 7 chapters. Also went Eirika route even though Ephraim has broken stats since I need Innes and Saleh.

@L3xandr3, it says in the rules that Orson is free.

RNGsus has a plan for all of us, mysterious as his ways might be. I'll keep going.

Prologue: 2 turns, nothing to say Chapter 1: 9 turns, Eirika just camping in the fort killing everything Chapter 2: 7 turns. I love Vanessa and Moulder. Had to reset after overextending with Vanessa. Garcia stole my kill on the boss. Chapter 3: 14 turns. Vanessa has gotten the first strength level up in the entire game. Congratulations. Chapter 4: 10 turns. Eirika finally leveled strength. Currently stuck at chapter 5. Only having 2 combat units who have leved strength a total of 2 times in 18 level ups turns out to be pretty difficult. At least they know how to level skill, speed, luck and resistance. This run in a nutshell: I did record my playthrough in case I want to post some highlights, but it takes time to render the videos so I'm not going to post them unless you guys want to see them.

Is it iron man or are we allowed to reset, @ImHereForDrafts? And how are you guys recording your progress? Text, images or videos? Edit: Also, would it be against any rules to let Colm steal stuff as an NPC and then recruiting him, so you can get the items even if you haven't drafted him? It's not really that big of a deal since the items in that chapter aren't anything big, but still.

Here's a visual of everyone's characters:

Dozla time @L3xandr3 @ImHereForDrafts Can you update the list of remaining units? It's getting kind of hard to keep track.

So I'm free of the trainee units. Innes. @ImHereForDrafts

Saleh @L3xandr3