TornZero

I know Ike's luck isn't very high, but I only restarted the chp once because of a critical from the BK, but he was low on HP too, so I knew Miracle wouldn't help anyways, but it activated during the BK's Luna on the second try. I used to think it was just my luck or that the RNG likes me. Then I remembered that I use all my Ashera Icons on him. :P

Marcia hands down. The only time I ever used Reinforce is Chp 25 as bait whenever I let Ike and Soren go it on their own (almost every PT). I do this so they can get in the extra training they need without wasting BEXP. Then I make Tanith cower in the southeast corner.

A good idea is to use the Miracle scroll on Ike so he can win easier. Wrath, Resolve & Miracle OR Aether & Miracle. I did both and on both of them I got lucky and Wrath crit-hit twice with Resolve on BK's 2nd turn, and Aether activated on the first turn on both attacks and on the second turn on BK's attack. If I didn't have Miracle, then Ike would've lost b/c of Luna.

Oscar's my fave forever. He pwns from beginning to end. Astrid and Geoffrey have Paragon so it's easier for them to get up in level.

I can't find a video, but I have gotten a critical with Astra in FE9 with Mia but didn't get a chance to upload. I'll keep watch and record each time Astra activates for me in RD. If it does happen, I'll put it up on youtube and give you a link. If it doesn't happen at all within my next PT (On P-4 Endgame currently), then I'll just wrap it up saying it was just a fluke with my FE9 and that it's likely to never happen in Radiant Dawn.

Vika, Ranulf and Nasir. Heh. You and I should be able to get along quite well. :) And she's actually pretty good if you use her enough and has Paragon equipped for about half of the chapters you have her.

Actually, I only needed a single Seraph Robe for her HP and a single Speedwing for Part 1. By the time she was a LV20 Light Priestess, I'd used 1 Energy Drop, 2 Speedwings, 0 Secret Books, 0 Ashera Icons, 0 Talismans, 0 Dracoshields, 0 Spirit Dusts, and 1 Seraph Robe. I'd used Resolve for Part 1 and Paragon for her Part 3 and 4 chapters along with using BEXP to balance out her unfortunate level-ups. She ended up maxing out every single stat. I think it's just my luck speaking, since I haven't had a lucky streak in any game other than Fire Emblem.

Actually, Altina is Sanaki's middle name. Altina is one of the 3 heroes who were blessed by Ashera to defeat the Dark God. Altina was a beorc who wielded the twin blades Ragnell and Alondite, which were used by Ike and the Black Knight during the Mad King's War. So I think she should have some significance to both PoR and RD.

"Bliss" and "Sorrow" are both learned at level 15.

In RD, Volke needs to be paid 3,000 gold by Bastian or Elincia in Part 4 during the fight against Izuka and his resurrected Feral Ones. I found him to be extremely useful, even without the transferred stat boost. In PoR, Volke doesn't need to be paid yet, but it is a good idea to hire him at Ch. 10. You'll pay him after Ch. 19 if you hire him. If you hire him again after you pay him for his report about Greil, he'll upgrade to Assassin.

1. The character that is affected by Blood Tide can only get the +10 ATK and +10 SKL if both Gareth AND Ena (If they both have Blood Tide) are adjacent to the unit affected, such as Gareth being north of the unit and Ena being east. If Gareth and Ena are adjacent to each other, then each will only get the +5 ATK and +5 SKL. 2. Any Astra hit can be a critical, but it depends on the CRIT rate of the unit using Astra. Ex: Stefan having both Astra and a 60% CRIT rate a battle means that if Stefan activates Astra, each blow has a 60% chance of being a critical hit. Do these explain your questions?