[Valerius]

I just took a closer look at Bandar and realized the recruit everywhere gurus have S2. Squirrelloid, I assume you were using those when you had a cap and coin available instead of risking your rishis?

Some ideas I've considered to balance astral (especially mind hunt) in normal games are: increase mind hunt cost to 3 gems, give spectres a better chance of getting an S random, add a reasonably priced summonable astral mage (something along the lines of an Adept of x Order).