No Determination, No Effort, No Writing run

[bkdubs123]

Universe difficulty with no leveling aids allowed. That means:

1. No Determination.
2. No Effort.
3. No Writing (and no using books awarded from Challenges or NPCs or chests or quests either, no books at all)
4. No Experience Cards or EXP foods.
5. and no Bodyguard either.

The team will be Rena (starting), Claude, Celine, Bowman, Opera, Ernest, Welch, Dias, and Chisato.

Everything else, including pickpocketing, will be allowed. Let's see how this goes. Any suggestions?

EDIT: Hmm... probably no Unique Points either, given the extra experience they offer.

[bkdubs123]

As usual, Allen takes down Lv. 1 Claude in a single blow, but after a Revive, Claude and Rena beat him down without another peep.

[bkdubs123]

The gargoyles in Krosse Cave were a bit of a challenge, both Rena and Claude went down, and Celine barely evaded death as she used my last Resurrection Bottle on Rena, but the two girls managed to stick it out!

Damage is good so far, but defense is lacking. We can fix that with a few levels and missions, though.

EDIT: Gotta say, as yet another testament to just how razor-thin the balance of this game is, this run, SO FAR, has been so much easier than my strict ONLY-CRAFTING attempt (abandoned after the Field of Wisdom on Energy Nede). Even just Krosse Cave. I don't even have the Flame Sword yet, but we're comfortably handling encounters in a way I simply couldn't in that run.

[Second Duke Revier]

Cool to see this take off. Good luck with it!

[TheKoala]

I'am playing with your rules + no missions reward (except for formations) no pickpockets but I still use unique points.
Started galaxy but switched to univers at Kross cave. A tips for the gargoyle, open others chests first so you have assault formation for that fight ^^
Mage foes are a bit boring to fights. I just saw Dias (Rena Story so lvl 30 guest) getting two shots in the forest by mages 😂
If you have any tips to protect from magic early game I take 😄
It's my first run and I really like the difficulty the custom rules provides.
I'am at Lacuer right now, let's see how it evolve ^^

[THE GaYmer !]

6. No Ultrawide.
7. No buy.

[Xengre]

Seems like a kind of pointless run. Just really a basic run doing what most people will their first time that aren't using a guide, just like OG, except the effort stuff which is honestly just dumb but wont make a huge difference other than making enemies a little bulkier and you a little squishier.

You could essentially just call this the OG Run.