EnderSlicer's Escape
EnderSlicer's Escape is Random Swordmaster's submission in Ragefest Four. It is a hack of Blazing Sword.
This is one of the earliest submissions to feature Markyjoe1990's family, rather than himself. The main character is EnderSlicer, his little brother, and the antagonist is EvilEggoWaffle, his older brother. The chapter features a singular puzzle using the Fire Emblem engine rather than a tactical test with traps, making it unique, however once the player knows the solutions the submission becomes less fun to play. That said, don't read ahead unless you're really stuck!
Walkthrough
The single objective of the chapter is to kill EvilEggoWaffle, the Paladin at the top of the map. Just looking at the map, it should be obvious that you won't make it within the 30-turn time limit without some kind of trickery. Fortunately, there are allied Bishops with Torch staves, so you can take advantage of a little-known bug in the GBA engine that is rarely seen: Units with Canto can normally only use their remaining move after non-combat actions in the GBA games, rather than after any action including attacking. However, if the unit attacks from a tile that was previously targeted by the Torch staff, that unit CAN move again after the battle. All the Knights and some of the Generals die in one hit, but so does EnderSlicer, so what you want to do is use the Torch glitch to keep moving even as you cut past enemies. (None of them move, by the way.)
Take note of any enemy with a magenta circle on our map: These enemies drop items critical to your progress. The Generals appear on certain turns and disappear right after, and they will fail to appear if you're standing on the tile they spawn on, so be wary of this. The items are a Member Card and three one-use Vulneraries. The Secret Shop is on the purple tile towards the end that's lighter than the rest of the floor. While you don't have any gold to start with, you can sell the Member Card to purchase ONE item. Purchase the Hero Crest and use it. Do NOT purchase the Karma Sword, it is rigged to always backfire on you. Using the Crest leaves you with 1/11 HP, so use the first Vulnerary and have EnderSlicer wait next to EvilEggoWaffle. Basically you want to sit next to him, damaging him with counterattacks and healing on your own turns, until he's down to 10 HP, at which point you deliver the finishing blow. Do all this in 30 turns, and you win.
