[llamabeast]

Sombre is quite careful with balance. I honestly think Itza is not crazy. The sheer expense of producing the Slann makes it hard to produce them in any numbers, and having done so they're surprisingly un-useful. Very hard to boost you see (no slots), so they're terrible ritual casters. In battle they're okay but you'll never has very many, so frankly I would generally be more scared of say Marignon's fire mages. Also if you want a second or third fort to churn out skink priests (which you do) they cost a whopping 2300 gold before you can make the priests, and take 6 turns to put up.