Hehe I was a bit surprised to see this "feature" or lack of more back-up features... these days you can save about everywhere in games..
but I really like it now.. you have to think.. can't keep reloading endlessly (which I tend to do from time to time in some games)
think.. you have time and then live with the consequences of your action.. having a dead pretender isn;t that bad certainly if you are late in the game and "doing well" recall him .. and if needed get his magic levels back.. shouldn't be that hard (OK for a rainbow pretender it MIGHT suck a bit

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