[rylen]

Thanks for the replies. I wasn't joking about Mictlan magic -- I just wasn't thinking in the right terms. I'd been trying them on tight maps like Desert Eye and Reemergence where you've got to carve something out or get eaten. I ran them with more emphasis on the summons (and some luck) on Aran to considerable effect. I have not yet tried all the communion reccomendations. For a while, I gave them nature 9 for regeneration, but that didn't help. Some earth and (eventually) high level nature spells.

Thanks.

Rylen