[Cainehill]

Originally posted by En Forcer:
Now here's a thought...

What about giving an amulet of focus and a rune smasher to a priest? And maybe a druid's eye as well?

Does the penetration value apply to holy spells?

Yep. Hence a H5 priest gets better effect using banishment / smite demon than the lesser ones. Also, communion can help (especially for Pythium) and the items you mention.

Sadly - those items are also very important to many unholy priests, as their undead for some reason want to resist their beneficial spells, many of which magic resistance negates easily.