[13lackGu4rd]

also it's not that hard to get death mages rolling, all you need is some death on your pretender for specters, mount fiends, liches, etc. if you combine some water on your pretender than you can use streams of hades and that other spell that gives you W3D3 mages. the problem would be to combine death with nature on the same mage, but with so many nature gems you should have, affording a few empowerments won't be too hard, and pretty good for what you'll get if you choose to focus on the carrion path...