[Jasper]

Hmmmm. I'm pretty sure that I've succesfully Mind Hunted with Seithkona's (1 Astral) present... Actually, it was against you Wendigo. I was playing as Arcoscephale and had priestesses handy, so I wasn't too worried about the risk.

Maybe I got feebleminded, and then immediately healed? But the Mind Hunt was sucessfull...

Alternately, I may be misremembering as it's been a few months. Perhaps the Seithkona had just arrived, right after Mind Hunt was cast?

In general though I've had bad luck with Mind Hunting when Astral Mages are present. A difficult spell to use unless you have access to Recuperation.