FE8 Draft Race no Vanessa

Drafting:
  1. This draft is recommended for up to 4 players or teams.
  2. The objective is to complete the game the fastest.
  3. Players will take turns drafting in an order that will be determined randomly, with the order reversing after each round (snake draft).
  4. Banned units: Vanessa may not be drafted by any player.
  5. Free units: Eirika, Ephraim, Orson, Tethys, and Myrrh are free for all to use.
    5a. Seth is free until the end of Chapter 4. He can also be drafted, but the player who drafted him can only use him from the start of Chapter 8 onward.
    5b. On Ephraim Route only, Innes is free in Chapter 15. He can also be drafted and used in any chapter by the player that drafts him.
    5c. Syrene is free to use from the start of Chapter 20 onward. She can also be drafted and used in any chapter by the player that drafts her.
  6. Drafting continues until each player has a predetermined amount of units; there are too few units remaining on the board to start a new full round of drafting; or all players unanimously agree to begin the race.

Gameplay:
  1. The game will be played on normal mode.
  2. Eirika or Ephraim route is each player’s choice.
  3. All players will use a patched game or a script that scrambles the RNG.
  4. Timing starts when a save file is created on the 'NO DATA' screen. Timing ends when the final boss reaches 0 displayed HP.
  5. Every player starts with 30 minutes of break time to be used at their own discretion.
    5a. While a player is on break, that player must pause their timer and may not interact with their game at all. A player may not pause their timer at any point while the game is advancing (eg. during an enemy phase, while an animation is playing). Upon continuing their game, that player's timer must resume running.
    5b. If a player's break lasts for longer than the given amount of break time, their timer must resume.

Rules:
  0. Drafted units may be fielded in any chapter to do anything you like. A unit that is free has the same rights as a drafted unit.
  1. Undrafted units MAY: move about the map grid; recruit units; rescue/carry undrafted blue units; rescue/carry any NPCs; trade; use vulneraries and elixirs; visit shops and make transactions; visit villages; enter combat without attacking (meatshielding); sustain status (and enter combat if berserked); and dig up items in the desert.
  2. Undrafted units MAY NOT perform any unapproved actions, including but not limited to: attack; counterattack; use staves; summon; rescue/carry drafted units; open doors and chests; or use items not expressly allowed.
  3. Undrafted units may only be fielded if they are force deployed by the game or if they can recruit a drafted or free unit in that specific chapter. Otherwise, they may not be deployed by the player.
    NB. An undrafted unit MAY be deployed by the player to recruit a drafted or free unit. An undrafted unit MAY NOT be deployed by the player to recruit an undrafted unit. A force deployed undrafted unit MAY recruit anyone.
  4. NPC (green or red) units may do as they please without penalty.
  5. Use of unapproved glitches, such as the Enemy Control Glitch, is banned.
  6. Use of unapproved emulator functions, such as save states or speedup/rewind, is banned.
  7. In vanilla gameplay, after a player commits to an attack the outcome of that attack can never be changed. However, while the RNG scrambler is active, it is possible to change the outcome of the attack by resetting and resuming. Therefore it is not allowed to reset and resume in the middle of a player phase attack action. A player who resets at such a time must restart the chapter instead.

Penalties:
  1. Disallowed use of force deployed undrafted units results in a 5 minute penalty, per unit and per chapter.
  2. Disallowed deployment of an undrafted unit from the preparations menu disqualifies the run.
  3. Disallowed use of glitches or emulator functions results in shame and disqualification.
  4. After any illegal action, you're allowed to reset a chapter instead of taking a penalty.