National troops and mages vs SC and High Magics

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Jondifool:
(but I second that summons and no upkeep are part of the problem to - magical upkeep would be nice payed in gems!)

I don't think that summoned units are a problem at all, since most aren't that impressive by themselves, or have extremely large gem costs.

But the core comes down to 2 things.
The open ended dice system,

I cannot see any way in which having open ended dice benefits high stat units more than normal units. Take protection for example. Even with a protection of 30, a unit will quite regularly be damaged by normal troops when hit. Without open ended dice, it would be impossible to damage a unit with a high enough protection value.