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				 Re: Confused and enraged 
 Gem usage is a complicated affair.  In your particular case my first instinct is that you have been bitten by the rule where a mage cannot use more gems per spell than he has natural (unbuffed) skill in that path.  So say you had a 2E mage, he would need to use a gem just to cast the spell and then perhaps another for fatigue.  But even with this, he will still get 40 fatigue per shot.  And that adds up fast. |