Welcome to Ballad of The Bard!
Ballad of the Bard(train) is my love letter to FE6 and Elibe. It is a custom tale, which has the main goal of trying to explore more of Elibe from another perspective and getting more of the world and cast involved.
The Binding Blade is a game that I firmly believe has one of the best and richest casts and world in the series locked behind the ahem rough first attempt at the support mechanics.
This hack includes
- Perfect availability Bard and Dancers with the entire game designed around the utility and flexibility that having near infinite actions can grant
- Attempting to evoke an authentic FE6 feeling in OST and UI when possible but not forsaking modern QoL (and major buff to hit rates)
- Uses a majority of Project Ember’s Art Assets
- One fixed difficulty, with an emphasis on fairness without feeling like a puzzle
Screenshots and Features
World map events using the Elibe map
Some wonderful FE6 remixes by Archerbias
Misc Mechanical Details
- Wait Refresh Mechanics for Dancers/Bards to speed up “bardtraining”
- Consumable DSFE map saves
- Thracia Trade
- Crit = [Skill stat - 10]
- Removed FE8 early game exp boost
- Enabled growths to be viewed with select
- Enemy display ranges with select
- RUNABox MMB
- Removed variance in enemy autolevels
- And more listed in the guide
Credits
KrashBoomBang for always being there for playing builds, helping with builder, or just giving constructive feedback 24/7.
JelliedUnicorns for letting me bother her 24/7 about my progress and complaints about FEbuilder
Project Ember Team for the creation of public assets
7743 for making this incredible tool, and FEU discord for advice
ArcherBias for importing the bulk of FE6’s OST and his other great remixes
To everyone who helped keep up the illusion that I am not illiterate with grammar/comma fixes. Especially jumpy_23 who has gone from “detailed feedback” to “literal cowriter”
And a deepest sincerest thanks to everyone who playtested this at any point so far.
Patches/ASM used
- Actions After Support (Contemporary Style) / Source:circleseverywhere
- Actions After Talk (Contemporary Style) / Source:circleseverywhere
- Sets flag when enemy escaped, for hook in event. / Source:7743
- Display Escape menu / Source:7743
- COND Check whether all members have withdrawn / Souce:NGMansion
- Add Event: Character Retreat / Source:NGMansion
- Add Event: Character Retreat / Source:NGMansion
- Add Event: Simple Escape event that can be easily created / Source:7743 and NGMansion
- FE8-Battle Stats with Anims Off / Source:Tequila
- 48command_hack / Source:Hextator
- 01command_hack / Source:Hextator
- Anti-Huffman / Source:Hextator
- HPBars_simple / Source:Circles and Zane
- Define Multiple Prohibits the Crit By Item. (Installer) / Source:7743
- Define Multiple dancers(Battle animation effect) Installer / Source:7743
- Setting sound effect of a many dancer in map battle (Installer) / Source:7743
- Remove Easy Mode / Source:Nintenlord
- SOUND_NIMAP2(Native Instrument Map) / Source:Alusq
- Change support conversation to 5 people instead of 5 times(By Aera) / Source:aera
- Weapon Lock Ex Installer / Source:7743
- Crit = Skill - 10 / Source: Scrazia
- Growths display / Source: Tequila
- Epicer’s moving stat screen to replicate fe6
- Patch name:Limitless Trading / Source: NGMansions
- Scraiza save point asm + wait refresh custom ASM
