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Originally Posted by Trumanator

Just a small tip: If you're going to use grail knights and maidens to expand, try making thaum your first research target. Site searching is always useful, but the main reason I say this is that thaum 1 has the spell numbness, which all your maidens can cast. Its precision 100, aoe1, so you can't hit your grail knights, and it will fatigue the opposing troops. However, its real value is in the fact that it will keep your maidens from stupidly rushing into melee if the combat goes longer than 6 or 7 rounds.

"Numbness" is alteration 2 and requires W2 to cast. You are likely thinking of "Dessication" spell, which is thaumathurgy 1 and requires only water 1 to cast.