IceBrand Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 We all know that Robin is a master tactician, but, where did they learn/who taught them? It's never mentioned again after the prologue. They just woke up and knew how to command units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Masayoshi Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 This is a good question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Lightning Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 My headcanon is that they were both naturally gifted at tactics and either were left the book of tactics that they carry around with them by their mother or some tactician mentor that they had at some point. But overall, its unknown, like most things about the Avatar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuxSpes Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 No details about the avatar's life before the encounter with Chrom is ever given except for those surrounding his/her birth. The only thing we can do is guess. Maybe his mother was a skilled tactician, maybe she died shortly after saving the avatar and left him/her in the care of a tactician, maybe the avatar learned it him/herself out of interest, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwoo Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Maybe he studied tactics somewhere before he ended up in that field in Ylisse. Maybe it's just natural talent and even with their amnesia they never forgot their skills. However, what I really want to say is that maybe he just pulled this tactician knowledge out of his ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 I believe that Avatar's mother taught him/her while she was growing up, as she did take him/her away from Validar to raise him/her in peace and prevent Validar from using him/her as Grima's pawn. Or, the Avatar gained an interest in it while growing up and his/her mother helped him/her. Either one works for me. Though I'm probably going to go with the latter for my writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceBrand Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Maybe Validar taught them so they could command the Grimeal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_ Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 wherever the player learnt tactics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceBrand Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 wherever the player learnt tactics But what if this is your first strategy game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwoo Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 maybe he just pulled this tactician knowledge out of his ass. It's the simplest explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvilino Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) Perhaps it's just a result of their special powers part of the powers given by the mark of grima . Since the players ability to view enemies,etc. is explained in the prologue as Robin having some sort of sight of the battlefield. Robin is such a good tactician because he/she has direct information about the enemies statistics. Edited December 31, 2013 by arvilino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarusu Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Got a hit in the head and got amnesia. that would be a simply answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czar_Yoshi Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Whatever it is, it appears to be genetic because Morgan is completely obsessed with tactics as well, and he/she probably did not grow up around normal Avatar. I think that Brand theory is the closest, but it's most likely something the devs just overlooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Can't possibly have been from Validar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Maybe the book he/she carries is the art of war by Sun Tzu or The book of 5 Rings by Miyamoto Musashi. Or perhaps it was Zhuge Liangs scrolls of warfare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceBrand Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Maybe the book he/she carries is the art of war by Sun Tzu or The book of 5 Rings by Miyamoto Musashi. Or perhaps it was Zhuge Liangs scrolls of warfare So he/she learn't all 36 tactics? Sure, but then where did they get the book from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJWalker Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 School of Ass tactics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Manic Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Maybe the makers of this game couldn't be bothered to come up with a good reason. ...Am I answering the question or summarizing the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribute Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) A) Validar taught you, granted you were supposed to help him kill everyone, generally that needs planning. Morgan can be explained by you know, being yours, you probably didn't raise him/her to be an inept idiot. B) Wherever you did. There's a reason you never get any history between being born and events of awakening. Having to do with Grima doesn't pan out given morgan (Which word of god says is speculated to not even be from the same timeline as the rest of the kids). Also, assuming you aren't retarded (Which can rule out A based on the player I guess) and killed grima yourself, you come back without the mark, so presumably any magic "grima genius" in your blood dies with it Edited December 31, 2013 by Tribute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJWalker Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 I know! Avatar learned tactics from Kris's grandfather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airship Canon Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Studying.... Had this little stint dealing with a civil war and a long plot involving some so-called "Assassins" [No, they weren't. They were an outright army.] in an outrealm called "Elibe" to practice. Yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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