[TheSelfishGene]

I used to like Tuatha over base Man but i'm not certain anymore. Knights of Avalon are extremely good, arguably the best in the game except for Black Templars, and to get the latter you have to pick a theme with non-existant magic. The etherial-piercing Alicorn attack makes them quite versitile into the late game.

The Tuatha is better than the Crone, but the Mother and Daughter are better than the Cidhe Champion and Cidhe Lord - the Daughter, with 2 Nature, sacred and only 80 gold, is quite possibly the best bargain in the game, and with spellsongs she is a powerful early game caster (for things like Protection). With a 10 gem item, she can cast Charm later on. Neither of the Tuatha-theme lower mages can cast anything useful except some of the cheap Air spells like False Horror.