[FrankTrollman]

Black Priests really should be drain immune. The fact that they aren't is really a kick in the nuts. It's great to be able to forge research bonus items for cheap, but:

1. You don't actually have the gems to make a skull mentor, or anything else, because you only start with earth gems.
2. Even if you did have the gems to make a skull mentor cheap, you still couldn't make one at all, because you don't have anyone with death 2.
3. You have to actually get to Construction 2 before you can make any research bonuses at all - at which point you'll need to have solved the research problem by some other means or it doesn't matter.

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So yes, the Black Priests should be Drain Immune. Ulm is just too slow when that isn't the case. On another side note, Black Acolytes should be Inquisitors. It says that they are Inquisitors right in their description, but they aren't. Also, they should be Drain Immune, since they are "allowed to use magic". It won't actually make any difference, since you probably are not going to empower them, but from a flavor perspective, that's an ability they should have.

-Frank