Red-Headed Playthrough

[MarioKirby]

Yes, I am adding another logged playthrough topic for Shadow Dragon. Originally, this was meant to be just a Red-head+Est only run, but thinking about a certain chapter evetually led me adding purple-headed people, too. 'Sides, there's only three of them, so...

However, due to the expanse of time between starting the playthrough and actually making the log-topic for it, the log starts on chapter 6.

Of course, there are rules. No challenge without 'em:

-1) Difficulty is Hard 2. I was debating whether to do the run on Normal (Allowing for all red-heads) or this (Added challenge), and I decided on this.

-2) No arena, boss, or RNG abuse allowed. (For the first two, abuse is considered anything past one level a character.)

-3) As of now, no Online Shop.

-4) Generics may be used if necessary as road blocks or lures, but not for full combat. The only one exception to this is one Curate/Cleric, and that is until I get two healers of my own.

-5) Secret shops may be used, but the Silver card doesn't exist.

-6) Chapters will be played semi-efficiently.

I think that should be good. If anyone suggests some other limitation, I may add it.

Here are the stats for the characters being used so far, BTW:

Name     Class     Level   HP  Str  Mag  Skl  Spd  Luk  Def  Res
Marth    Lord      10.07   24  11    0    8   12   12   10    0
Cain     Cavalier  11.69   26  13    0    8   12    7    8    0
Julian   Thief      8.97   21   6    0    8   14   10    5    0
Lena     Cleric    13.88   17   0    6   10    9   14    3   13
Matthis  Cavalier   6.74   23   8    0    5    7    1    9    0
Wolf     General    5.05   32  10    0    5    5    7   17    1
Roshea   Cavalier   3.80              Base stats
Vyland   Cavalier   1.81              Base stats

That seems about it. Discuss, I guess.

[eclipse]

You won't need two healers with that cast. You also shouldn't need Wolf as a General. I'd stick him in something that lets him gain Axe rank (Hammers rule throughout the game).

GORDIN was keeping my sorry self alive in my green-haired run (same difficulty), and that was enough. Vulneraries, forts, and planning will cover the rest.

I hope you haven't killed off Caeda.

[MarioKirby]

You won't need two healers with that cast. You also shouldn't need Wolf as a General.

...

I hope you haven't killed off Caeda.

@The two healers: I want two so I can have one while Lena trains as a mage...but I pro'ly could do that with just Lena, also.

@Wolf as General: He's only going to do this for this chapter. It's part of my usual plan.

@About Caeda:...Well, dang. Guess this won't be a full purple-headed run, either.

[eclipse]

If you absolutely need someone with a staff. . .reclass Wolf to Sorcerer, and make SURE he doesn't level!

[MarioKirby]

Eh, now that I think about it, I'll just reclass Vyland to a Curate. I already have three other cavaliers, and it'll prevent me from relying on generics.

[eclipse]

Pros: You'll have a relatively fast curate.

Cons: Everything else will bite.

Short of Wolf doing non-level healing duty, I can't think of anyone else that would be good. . .

[MarioKirby]

Agh, sorry about the lack of updates, peoples. Reason being is that after noticing the blunder of killing Caeda off early, I figured all I would be missing out on is Roger...until Chapter 11, where I noticed Jake wouldn't be gotten, either. So then I decided to just finish this playthrough, then restart and log a new one, starting at the beginning.

So that pretty much sums it up. I'm almost done, too (Currently at Endgame), so it shouldn't be too much longer. Here are my team's stats, for anybody wondering:

Name     Class     Level   HP  Str  Mag  Skl  Spd  Luk  Def  Res
Marth    Lord      27.14   47  21    0   13   20   25   14    0
Cain     Swdmaster  4.18   49  19    1   28   26   13   17    3
Julian   Thief     16.90   28  11    0   13   19   17    6    0
Lena     Sage      20.--   29   3   16   17   16   30    5   22
Matthis  Paladin   11.59   49  20    1   14   15   12   18    6
Wolf     Hero      20.--   60  24    0   26   24   17   24    1
Roshea   Sniper    18.29   58  18    1   27   22    9   13    3
Vyland   Sage      20.--   43   3   16   10   23   15    3   22
Radd     Paladin    6.76   41  20    1   12   17   11   18    6
Maria    Sage      20.--   28   3   16   13   11   29    6   25
Minerva  Sniper    15.15   36  17    0   15   20   15   14    3
Xane     Freelncr   3.19   20   2    1    2    9    9    4   10
Etzel    Berserker 14.31   47  13    8   22   16    8   10    6
Est      Draco.    12.91   44  26    1   25   23   26   19    7

[eclipse]

If you have two Fortify people, then go nuts with the Geosphere on Endgame, to speed your run up.

[MarioKirby]

So, I beat the Endgame just a few minutes ago. Final stats were:

Name     Class     Level   HP  Str  Mag  Skl  Spd  Luk  Def  Res
Marth    Lord      29.67   49  22    0   14   21   27   16    0
Cain     Swdmaster  9.21   53  22    1   29   30   14   17    3
Julian   Thief     16.90   28  11    0   13   19   17    6    0
Lena     Sage      20.--   29   3   16   17   16   30    5   22
Matthis  Paladin   13.14   50  21    1   14   15   14   19    6
Wolf     Hero      20.--   60  24    0   26   24   17   24    1
Roshea   Sniper    19.46   59  18    1   27   22    9   13    3
Vyland   Sage      20.--   43   3   16   10   23   15    3   22
Radd     Paladin    6.76   41  20    1   12   17   11   18    6
Maria    Sage      20.--   28   3   16   13   11   29    6   25
Minerva  Sniper    16.97   37  18    0   15   21   16   15    3
Xane     Freelncr   3.19   20   2    1    2    9    9    4   10
Etzel    Berserker 16.02   49  14    8   23   17    9   10    6
Est      Draco.    20.--   47  26    1   26   23   30   20    7
Nagi     Manakete  18.89   35   9    3   15   15   13    6   10

Wolf was the one that slayed Medeus. He dodged two of Medeus's attacks, critted on one of his own and killed with the 2nd.

Now, expect new Chapter 1's log some time soon.