[Saxon]

Hmm, I think I have figured out part of the problem. The particular game was going well and I was beating the AI like a drum. I had never found a library, so my research was weak. As such, when I cast communion, it probably worked, but I had no higher level spells to cast! Nagot, it was your comment on the greyed out spells that made me realize this, thanks. I think this is also why he was casting spells over and over, he just did not have a big menu to choose from.

As for knowing if the power level has gone up, I guess it is just an oversight, something that might be able to be fixed in another patch.