[Vicious Love]

Originally posted by Jondifool:
Changing the cost of magic path sounds elegant, but that actual just disallow her to be played as a rainbow pretender. Besides that I dont know if a change of the cost of new magic paths would give all nations a battle change against her. would she just be buffed a little less and still be unkillable? Bringing me back to let her be without a armour sloth (if thats enough)!

Couldn't possibly disagree more. Soul Vortex+basic life drain attack+mad combat skillz and plenty of item slots makes for a truly spectacular SC, but one not nearly as powerful as a Fire Shielded, mistformed, Mirror Imaged, Invulnerable(If you feel like giving her a robe rather than heavy armor to go with her 0 encumbrance), Quickened, Breath of Wintery and, above all, Phoenix Pyred VQ.
Mind you, Soul Vortex, Phoenix Pyre(And other fire 2 or fire 1 spells), 0 encumbrance and a life drain attack still make for some spectacular bang for nearly any conceivable buck, but there are ways to get around such an SC's inexhaustible fatigue. I suspect raising the cost of new paths for the VQ, and probably raising her base cost a bit, too, would resolve this issue nicely.