LogFAQs > #927345373

didn't play much today, and made very, very little progress. close to zero. well, that's not exactly true but it kinda is. after fighting a few random battles in this area Shadow decided to leave my party! well, he wasn't kidding about leaving at any time. he basically left before we even got EXP or money.

after this, Sabin and Cyan went up to the waterfall area alone.

jumping down the waterfall should lead to the way forward. once we were in the waterfall we fight a bunch of fish. this section wasn't too bad. one thing that helped was that the player character's readied actions followed through. so if I killed the last of the fish on the screen when Sabin was about to attack, he'd immediately attack and kill the next fish that appeared.

then the boss fish appeared, rhizopas I think was his name? either way... this one was a freaking monster. I tried attacking it a bit but it was a lot faster and more dangerous than my party. then out of nowhere he cast a spell that killed both Sabin and Cyan!

not sure if this was a timed encounter, where the boss one shotted them because I took too long, but if so... man, the timer was really short. the alternate explanation is that his damage output was so high that by the time he did his AoE attack, both of my characters had low enough HP already to be taken down. if that's the explanation then I just need to go in more defensively next time. if it's a timed encounter, I guess I have to go in more offensively next time.

either way, I fight my way back to the waterfall entrance and then save my game. I'll worry about rhizopas next time, maybe after getting some advice. I plan to move Sabin into the back row and have him just use Blitz commands. does the same work for Cyan's Bushido?
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