Thanks for all the replies. Endo, thanks for this essay!
OK...with Awaken Vine Men/Ogre, how does that work as a monthly ritual spell? I looked in the manual and the manual mentions it as a battlefield spell. I'm not sure how one would cast this monthly if the summoned creatures go back to their 'slumbered state'.
Also, there was mention of Empowerment. I must be missing it but I don't readily find it in my manual.
Thanks