Re: Charm questions
 

Ok, since I can buy N2 animists I should load them up with staffs and simply wear the victims down is what you are saying. If I want to keep the paths and items. Rune smashers are one of the things I designed my pretender for. Throw in spell focusers, and void eyes then you are talking about a massive astral gem supply I have not gotten started on. Over all this is going to be expensive and late game. Am I wrong?

Re: Charm questions
 

Well, Charm is already a high level spell, so it's certainly not early. You can try it without all the penetration gear. If you get enough tries, it will work.

The hard part with charm is the short range. It works a lot better against SCs who will close with you. Here, you have to get your mages close without getting them killed by the troops with the targets, and without killing enough of them to make the targets rout.
It might be worthwhile using some weak attacks to whittle down the defenders first. Be careful not to win, though.

Re: Charm questions
 

What are the Great Mother and Lord of Fertility wielding in your game? The one time I found them, they were completely nekkid.