[Wick]

I'd like 1) Machakan Spider Warriors to have the Assassin flag. This is thematic but would only come up with Gift of Reason except 2) any guards of an assassin leader (only the Bane Spider (BS) or someone with a Black Heart AFAIK) that are assassins should also leap out like the pack of crazed ninjas they are.

I think this is wonderfully thematic, would give an incentive to buy Spider Warriors, and is still balanced.

I recognize that the balance is debatable but I find that low stealth makes a BS vulnerable, a BS's best weapon is a Skull Talisman and bane weapons are only useful when losing, and a Bane Spider is too expensive to be expendable and Black Sorcerers are comparatively too valuable. In short a BS is currently a poor value.

On a national level, while Machaka is strong it doesn't seem to be rated in the top tier nor do I think this would put it there.