Recruitable Mage Rebalance - seeking comments

[Huzurdaddi]

Graeme Dice said:
I'd just switch to skull standards at that point, because 12 armour negating, auto-hitting life drain damage is probably a better bet than whatever the weapon damage would be.

And they would suck. You don't add strength to that damage. And against lifeless units you lose all of the time, period, end of story.