Base

The Base appears in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. It is gameplay period that precedes the battle preparations menu in the other games. Like in battle preparations, players can check and equip their units, as well as purchase equipment. Extra features include activating Support conversations, viewing Base Conversations that give strategic hints or let you recruit certain characters, distributing Bonus Experience and accessing the Forge. After leaving the base, the game moves to the pre-chapter scenario. Once the game has progressed to the battle preparations menu, players can choose to return to the base in case they need to make some last-minute changes.