Having the worst Sacred Stones playthrough ever

And by "worst" I mean by unit deaths, I'm having a ton of fun with the challenge.

No special rules besides iron man (no reset for dead characters) but I've made really had mistakes that are making the end game super exciting! Normally by this point in the game, my units are strong enough to 1 round everything, and the game feels kind of stale - but this time I lost so many high investment units (and Seth) early on that it's forcing me to use characters I almost never do.

Rennac, Duessel, Dozla are core pieces of my team. Most of the deaths are just from carelessly underestimating the enemies. SS is often talked about as the easiest game, and I don't disagree completely but that mindset has made me think early on I didn't need to check enemy stats before sending a Franz or Gilliam into battle.

The most recent challenge was getting to River of Regrets with no Syrene recruiter alive, so I had to hold her in Duessel all chapter and then when I finally get to use her in the egg map, she died first turn to the gargoyle + shadowshot because I forgot the Medusa's have range attacks. Without a flier once again! 🤣 This will be a fun final few maps, who knew sucking could make the experience somewhat fun