[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Jasper:
In any event, IMHO you underestimate the power of Dust to Dust and Wither Bones. Wither Bones in particular will make short work of 20-30 undead fodder.

Yes, it will, but then your mages won't cast it on her because your own skeletons are also in the area of effect. The same thing happens with dust to dust I've found.

Moreover, you are counting on opponents not casting effective spells after their scripts run out, which IMHO is not reliable.

I've had 10 astral 2 mages cast paralyze for a dozen turns in a row instead of casting solar rays.

IMHO this is not sufficient to magically keep people from invading.

It usually is till around turn 30, and if you can keep people out till turn 40 or 50, your level 9 spells start to show up.