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That's why you don't invoke the Critical One unless it is a situation most dire. *nods*

Gregor's build was awesome at first, but lately he's been drifting into "jack of all trades, master of none" territory. He isn't the toughest, he doesn't do the most damage or crit the most often, and he isn't the most accurate or dodgy. I guess that's why Soldiers tend to be an NPC unit only and didn't get a promotion until the Gamecube era, being so middle-of-the-road.

Yet another thunderstorm rolling in. Goddammit St. Louis, I never thought I'd dislike the things but there've been so many of those lately. One of which precluded a tornado. Please weather, stop with the storms already.

I thought the secret to becoming a wizard was to remain a virgin until you hit 30 years of age. At least, that's what the Internet told me...

So...

If we let the sage use that Berserk staff, we'll either have to knock the person down or wait five turns before they go back to normal. That rules out letting Ami do it, as we'll need her healing powers to restore the unlucky sod that gets wailed on for five turns/whoever gets Berserked and downed. Unless we use someone like, say, Alexander or Gregor without a lance as a human punching bag, in which case he should be relatively unhurt. This would, of course, be very time-consuming.

The other option is a rush. I don't like this option, as it reeks of suicide. What if Gregor or Valor get Berserked? They have Killing weapons and the accuracy to use them, which could result in a lot of downings.

Tantallos can hang out for another turn or two. If he gets revived, he'd likely get taken down again unless one or more of those spearmen died.

Hmm. Can Berserk be cancled via attacking the person currently going crazy?

If not, another suggestion is to let Ami take the hits. She has high-ish RES, so the attack might not even effect her, but if she does go Berserk I believe her attacks do fairly low damage.
Another option is to let someone unequip their weapons and take the hits, so they can't accidentally hurt allies. Remember, the Berserk Staff doesn't have that many charges left, so we'd only need to do this a few times.

Of course, we could always rush in, but that leaves us with the dangerous possibility of a high-damage ally going Berserk and wiping out a bunch of us.

Man, bad luck on the relationship front from everyone today D: