This has happened to me as well, since sometimes casters and/or other commanders won't stay in place if they have nothing to cast or to do, and tend to wander into breath of winter or other clouds unprovoked. I started putting water-2 mages alone and separate from all other troops/commanders, since they tend to like to cast it a lot as their sixth spell, like many other self-protecting spells, and this hurts even more than friendly-fire crossbows. Damned cowards...
[ November 19, 2003, 19:56: Message edited by: HJ ]