[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by djtool:
Instead they constantly insist on hanging out and casting spells on themselves

Well, if you tell them to cast spells, they will currently stay fixed to that spot, and cast spells. If there's no friendlies around, then they will probably just cast things on themselves. It would be nice if there was some way to make them move with a body of your troops and cast spells from time to time, but there currently isn't any way to do that.