Are pretenders with no magic (or maybe one magic) viable? I tried the Manticore without choosing any magic at all, just picking a ton of bonuses for my domain and making my domain high and taking the Wizard's Tower. But is it really a realistic way to go about playing? I didn't play it for long, because I changed from demo to the fullgame. But with all those bonuses, you'd think it'd be cool to try. But I'm not sure which to pick: a highly magical country, to compensate for the lack of magic for the pretender, or a non-magic focused country like Ulm, to take advantage of all the bonuses? I'm thinking about trying a Wyrm and Ulm. It'll be interesting, at least.
