That Mandeha sounds tough. The Auto Darkness would have been tough. Petrification might have threw off his casting though, and I think a bunch of Earth Elementals may have dealt easily with any hangers-on. But close combat in Darkness may have been rough (the Stone Bird might have helped there though).
Dang, I'd almost say "wish for another Death Match" just to see how it would come out, but now Illearth is stuck with the stupid Trident, so I guess we'll never know
Anyhow, I'd like to thank everyone for a cool game. Mists was my first foray into Llamaserver games, and was quite an experience, especially going from start to finish (how long was it, almost a year?).