is anyone interested in a Fire Emblem 7 draft tourney

Credit to i_eat_tables for the idea. Originated at GFAQs and was pretty much a hit.

Basically, five people will enter in a drafting pool. One by one (in predefined order), each participant in this pool will choose one character from the list of selectable characters. There will be 40 characters available in all, so each participant will be able to select a total of 8.

Once this is done, the real tournament starts. The objective is to complete Hector Hard Mode (no Lyn Mode beforehand) as fast as possible (in terms of total turns used) using ONLY your drafted team of characters and a choice few that are allowed for everyone. The other characters you may not use (not even to support your characters with) except for:
- Meatshielding (without weapons)
- Rescuing non-drafted characters (but NOT characters you have drafted; this is basically so you can protect frail characters)
- Holding weapons and items
- Recruiting other characters

Another exception is that Matthew (and only Matthew) is allowed to open chests and steal items even if you haven't drafted him. You can still draft him normally to be on your combat team.

If you, for some reason, fail to abide by these rules, then you have to incur a four turn penalty for every character you've used for a purpose other than one listed above per chapter. As in the previous drafting tournament, this is four turns regardless of the importance or frequency of the foul committed. Like Kent can solo a chapter (4+ turns) or can rescue Lyn once (4+ turns).

During your run, you are expected to keep track of your total turn count and report often on your progress in some detail. If you don't, it might be mistaken for inactivity and thus grounds for disqualification. You are also expected to play fair. If you cheat, shame on you!

Gaiden chapters are, of course, completely optional, but since they will probably cost you quite a few turns, they're generally avoided.

The first five people to sign up will enter a drafting pool. If there's enough interest, a second pool will be available for the next five to sign up. You may choose your own position in the pool (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5). If you have no preference, I will put you in whatever slot is left after five signups. The order of drafting will be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, ... until all 40 characters have been drafted.

Characters allowed for everyone to use are Hector, Marcus, Merlinus and Athos.

Leaves you with a draft pool of the following:

Lyn
Sain
Kent
Florina
Wil
Dorcas
Serra
Erk
Matthew
Nils
Lucius
Wallace
Eliwood
Lowen
Rebecca
Bartre
Oswin
Guy
Priscilla
Raven
Canas
Dart
Fiora
Legault
Ninian
Isadora
Rath
Heath
Hawkeye
Geitz
Pent
Louise
Karel
Harken
Farina
Nino
Jaffar
Vaida
Karla
Renault



Since this tournament concerns HHM, please consider carefully if you are up to the challenge! If you have any further questions, feel free to ask me