[SurvivalistMerc]

I'm not sure that I would mind if all pretenders rid themselves of afflictions simply by staying put in a fortress and using the "rid affliction" order for 8 or so consecutive turns. That would be 24 turns to get rid of these 3 afflictions...so it doesn't seem unbalancing. But it's all a matter of taste. I'm not a huge fan of SCs myself, so I think it's nice that there is some balance to them in terms of affliction and certain spells.