[FE8] My first PME (Pick my Edits) - Everyone is welcome to join!

MarcusAurelius · June 9, 2025, 3:34pm

Hello! I’m still new to FEBuilder and learning how Fire Emblem hacking works. Every time I start up FEBuilder I learn something new. Before starting my own project—whether it’s a redux, a rebalance, a remake of FE1, or a custom campaign—I wanted to try one of these PME first.
Any help would be appreciated here. Thank you!

Rules:

Replacing All 34 Playable Units in FE8
One Submission for each User
No Meme Submissions
No Skill System Patch
No Custom Classes
No Trainee units? (I’m not entirely sure, but since I will not add any custom classes, only the three trainee classes from vanilla FE8 are available.)

Each replacement unit must be functionally equivalent to the original unit.
For example, if a player opts to replace Seth, the new unit must retain Seth’s overall attributes, though these attributes can be redistributed.
Seth is a promoted unit: a Level 1 Paladin with A-rank Sword and A-rank Lance, equipped with a Steel Sword and a Silver Lance.
The replacement for Seth must also be a promoted unit, with the same total stats, growth rates, weapon ranks, and item distribution, but the individual values can be redistributed.
While the replacement must match Seth’s overall attributes, it is allowed to be from a different class.
For example, a Level 1 Warrior—such as Bartre or a custom-created unit—could serve as a replacement for Seth. This substitute should be equipped with a Steel Axe or Steel Bow, a Silver Axe or Silver Bow, and a Vulnerary. Additionally, they should possess A-rank Weapon Ranks in both Axes and Bows, effectively fulfilling the same functional role as Seth.

Example

Name: Seth
Gender: Male
Level: 1
Affinity: Anima
Class: Paladin
Weapon Levels:

A Sword 181 Points
A Lance 181 Points

Growths: 325%
90% HP
50% STR
45% SKL
45% SPD
25% LUCK
40% DEF
30% RES

Stats: 49 Points
Personal + Class = Total
HP: 7 / 23 = 30
STR: 7 / 7 = 14
SKL: 9 / 4 = 13
SPD: 5 / 7 = 12
LUK: 13 / 0 = 13
DEF: 3 / 8 = 11
RES: 5 / 3 = 8
CON: 0 / 11 = 11
AID: 14

Description: A young commander of Renais. He’s calm, composed, and skilled.
Death Quote: “Urgh… My apologies. I must withdraw.”

Inventory:

Steel Sword
Silver Lance
Vulnerary

Template

Name:
Gender:
Replacing:
Affinity:
Class:

Stats:
HP:
STR/MAG:
SKL:
SPD:
LCK:
DEF:
RES:
CON:
MOV:

Growths:
HP:
STR/MAG:
SKL:
SPD:
LCK:
DEF:
RES:
CON:
MOV:

Description:
Death Quote:

Portrait:

Palette:

Inventory:

Playable Units Slots

Eirika: Terra (WiiSportsRemote)
Ephraim: Vento (Augenis)
Seth: Harold (Shadow_the_halberdier)
Franz:
Gilliam:
Vanessa:
Moulder:
Ross:
Garcia:
Neimi:
Colm:
Artur:
Lute:
Natasha: Plum (MezMint)
Joshua: Gangrel (Avent)
Forde:
Kyle:
Orson:
Tana:
Amelia:
Innes: Verona (RNGSOMEONE)
Gerik:
Tethys:
Marisa:
L’Arachel:
Dozla:
Saleh: Rosa (TheEmeraldKing267)
Ewan:
Cormag:
Rennac:
Duessel:
Knoll: Lucario (AlemOwl)
Myrrth:
Syrene:

Boss Units Slots

O’Neill: Richard (TheEmeraldKing267)
Breguet
Bone
Bazba: Tenton (Shadow_the_halberdier)
Monster (Chapter 4)
Saar
Zonta
Novala
Murray
Tirado
Binks
Pablo
Monster (Chapter 11A)
Monster (Chapter 12A)
Aias
Carlyle
Gheb
Beran
Monster (Chapter 11B)
Monster (Chapter 12B)
Selena
Vigarde
Caellach
Valter
Orson (Boss)
Lyon
Monster (Chapter 18)
Riev: Isabel (TheEmeraldKing267)
Morva
Fomortiis

Item Slots

Only the exclusive items that are connected to a unit will be changed.
Eirika:

Rapier:
Sieglinde:

Ephraim:

Reginleif:
Siegmund:

DATonDemand · June 9, 2025, 3:41pm

great to hear a new hacker comin, it might help to have a template for pmes maybe ref some of the past pmes in the site to determine your paremeters.

MarcusAurelius · June 9, 2025, 3:45pm

Is it allowed to copy a template from other PME?

Shadow_the_halberdier · June 9, 2025, 4:35pm

Hmm mind if i take Seth?
Also are you adding skills/custom classes being fine?

MarcusAurelius · June 9, 2025, 4:43pm

Oh. I am sorry. I was not finished choosing the rules yet. I am doing this for the first time.

Shadow_the_halberdier · June 9, 2025, 4:44pm

All fine I just wanted to make sure your Seth helps and to hope to help give a base for a format.

Currently making the seth just need to know if skills be added for the bases and growths and if i can use a custom class or not

TheEmeraldKing267 · June 9, 2025, 4:49pm

What about all the bosses? Can we replace them as well?

MarcusAurelius · June 9, 2025, 5:07pm

I just edited the rules again. No Skill System patch and no custom classes. This PME should be equal to FE8 vanilla.

MarcusAurelius · June 9, 2025, 5:07pm

If I can find a template for all bosses. Sure.

Shadow_the_halberdier · June 9, 2025, 5:08pm

Ight let me just place the seth down

Shadow_the_halberdier · June 9, 2025, 5:16pm

Name:Harold
Gender:M
Replacing:Seth
Affinity:Ice
Class:Druid

Weapon ranks:A Anima and Dark B staves.

Growths: 325(seth’s total)
65% hp
(Forgot str isnt a thing)
60% mag
40% skl
30% Spd
40% luck
40% def
30% res

Bases:
Hp: -4
Mag: +0
Skl: +1
Spd: +0
Luk: +3
Def: +1
Res: +1
Con: +2

Description:
A holy man who doesnt fully believe in holy magic but spreads the faith of the luck spirits of kitsunes.

Death Quote:“I cannot spread your words any more im sorry…”

Portrait:

Inventory:
Elfire
Flux
Physic(his silver weapon given another purpose)
Heal

If there was skills he would have been a warry fighter build and if I could do custom classed hed had been a War Monk.
But either way your Jagen can heal your welcome

TheEmeraldKing267 · June 9, 2025, 8:03pm

Here’s a boss template for you.

O’Neill
Breguet
Bone
Bazba
Monster (Chapter 4)
Saar
Zonta
Novala
Murray
Tirado
Binks
Pablo
Monster (Chapter 11A)
Monster (Chapter 12A)
Aias
Carlyle
Gheb
Beran
Monster (Chapter 11B)
Monster (Chapter 12B)
Selena
Vigarde
Caellach
Valter
Orson (Boss)
Lyon
Monster (Chapter 18)
Riev
Morva
Fomortiis

WiiSportsRemote · June 9, 2025, 8:05pm

lemme take erika

Terra
Class: Mage (Promotes to Mage Knight)
Growths (Same as Erika)
Bases (Same as Erika)
Inventory:
Fire

Notes: I made this portrait, I gotta use it! Since it’s your first time, you have to install the hackbox extend patch for it.

Starshadow_Melody · June 9, 2025, 8:20pm

That’s… the list, not…

RNGSOMEONE · June 9, 2025, 9:00pm

Name: Verona
Replace: Innes
Affinity: Light
Class: Paladin (F)

Weapon ranks: D-Swords, A-Lances (Innes only has one weapon rank; A-bows, which was translated to A-lances. The D-Swords are the class base for Paladins.)

Growths: 290 (Innes’ total)
HP: 70
STR: 45
SKL: 40
SPD: 20
LCK: 50
DEF: 40
RES: 25

Base stat changes:
HP:
STR: +3
SKL: +2
SPD:
LCK: -3
DEF: +1
RES: -3
CON:

Calculated stats

HP: 33
STR: 16
SKL: 15
SPD: 21
LCK: 11
DEF: 13
RES: 10
CON: 10

Inventory: Silver Lance, Elixir (Ephraim’s route), White Gem (Eirika’s route), Vulnerary (Eirika’s route)

Description: The Princess of Frelia, a model of leadership and knighthood.

Defeat Quote: Urgh… I beg your forgiveness, but my people yet need me. This is as far as I go. I leave the rest to you.

Portrait (credit: CapibarainSpace):

Your Innes replacement, and a huge incentive to play Eirika’s route. F!Paladin bases are absolutely insane (base 11 SPD), on top of Innes’ already good personal bases. Verona makes base Seth look pathetic with her 33 HP, 16 STR, 21 SPD, 13 DEF and 10 RES. She squashes Seth in every stat except LCK (-2), CON (-1) and Weapon ranks (-150 in Swords), and is only held back by joining halfway through the game. Her base SPD is so absurdly high that she more or less doesn’t need a growth in it, allowing her growth total to be redistributed to other, more useful stats. I would not be surprised if Verona solo’d everything from Ch10 Eirika on to the Endgame.

KingSmugs · June 9, 2025, 9:19pm

final fantasy reference in my fire emblem???

WiiSportsRemote · June 9, 2025, 9:27pm

Yessir!

AlemOwl · June 9, 2025, 10:54pm

I do think so. So far, I haven’t seen anyone here complain because someone copied their PME template, so if you’re having trouble at your PME should have, you can check ones from other PME. In case, I wish you luck on your future projects, I hope this one isn’t too memey, otherwise feel free to ignore this one.

Name: Lucario
Replace: Knoll
Affinity: Dark
Class: Mage (M)

Weapon ranks: C - Anima

Growths: 270 (Knoll’s total)
HP: 50
STR: 50
SKL: 40
SPD: 60
LCK: 30
DEF: 20
RES: 20

Base stat changes:
HP: +4
STR: -1
SKL: +1
SPD: +4
LCK: +4
DEF: +3
RES: -6
CON: +3

Calculated stats

HP: 25
STR: 11
SKL: 10
SPD: 12
LCK: 4
DEF: 5
RES: 4
CON: 10

Inventory: Thunder, Elfire and Elixir

Description: A Lucario from an unknown land. Forsoke fighting on melee in place of using magic. Seeks atonement.

Defeat Quote: Don’t mourn me. This… Is what I deserve.

Portrait: (Made by me)

He should be vastly different when compared to Knoll. While he’s still a magic unit like him, he has to be buffed quite considerably in some stats, since admittingly, Knoll doesn’t have great stats (he even starts with 0 luck) and since he’s a mage and not a shaman, just making him into a summoner isn’t an option anymore, so he has to be strong if you want to use him on the long run as anything that isn’t a staff bot. He has lower resistance and one less point of strength, but in return has better health, speed and luck, alongside one more point of skill, and has more constitution so that he can use heavier tomes more easily. His growths are more on the mixed side, but his speed should enable him to be able to double most enemies. And as long as you don’t promote him inmediately in the Ephraim route right before doing the desert map of the game, he should give a decent impression.

Oh, and his portrait also uses the hackbox extend patch.

Starshadow_Melody · June 9, 2025, 10:55pm

well the thing about the lucario is you’re doing it completely unironically I’m pretty sure. I’d call bullshit if someone exempted it based on the “meme” rule

AlemOwl · June 9, 2025, 11:05pm

Yeah, come to think, it is well made enough to not feel like just a mere joke or meme. And besides, it’s not like in the main Pokemon series there isn’t any humans too, so Pokemon may actually fit in these type of stories.