[Torin]

You are right. I didnt explain that up in the first post. Drain 3 is bad most of the time. But the master smiths and priest smiths are immune to drain penalties for research. Thats why its good to take drain 3 with ulm.

I think ulm is simple to understand. and easy to beat the AI with it.

Check my signature under links Boron's test map mod.
There you get mages with 10 in every path, unlimited gems and research. So its easy to try every spell and summon. That way you dont need to use a rainbow at all.