[rdonj]

I actually take drain reasonably often too, and not just when I'm playing drain immune nations. If you have a nation with high rp/mage you can generally get away with it, especially if you have access to research boosters. It's when you try to take drain with efficiency-reliant nations that have cheap, low rp/mage researchers that it becomes a problem. In CBM, I almost NEVER take misfortune, because it can be pretty punitive. I tend to take misfortune only if I plan on having modest levels of PD in all my provinces and absolutely need the points for other things. The problem is less attacks though and more things like labs and temples burning down, magic is fading, gem thieves and plagues. Although that troglodyte attack is a real ***** too, burning down a temple AND attacking with a force that mundane armies normally struggle with.