[Shovah32]

Take 1 pretender with death magic, add in a few master smiths with dwarven hammers and stir in a little conjuration and construction research and there you go, you have just cooked your first black servant thug raider factory (summon a black servant and give him a horror helm, good shield, heavy armour, boots of giant strength, girdle of might/bear claw talisman and if possible an amulet of luck). Ulm can actually get quite good late game, spamming summoned commanders (poison golems, various death commanders, golems ect) and equipping them with mass produced items from smiths and specialise items from your pretender (ulm rocks with a rainbow mage)