[The_Tauren13]

I guess I never really thought about alchemizing. Thats probably a great way to actually make some money, and the guy in that link Molog posted had a really good idea: fever fettishes. If you get a hefty fire gem income, who cares if your population dies off, you could still support a bunch of mages with alchemy.
Wait, what are those '3 non-artifact boosters' you mentioned? Other battle spells? I guess fire magic is always good for dishing out massive damage... and would definitely make earlier expansion easier. The thing is, level 4 sites are really few and uncommon, so I didnt think it was worth it just for the site searching.