Well... EvilHomer... I might as well finish it first.
Atul: Fixed. On moving mages up: I guess, thanks to infantry being such a great arrow catcher, I really don't get as much a benefit from moving them to the back. I'm just to used to playing as Ctis, and their shieldless Elite Warriors, and giving my Sauromancers time to skelly spam.
Other peeps... I added to my post above. My Pretender title is
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HE WHO ALWAYS EDITS
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Like the thing with Twiceborn, Atul? Check out this thread and my 'Suicide Crone'. I thought it up because I love having an early pretender to get a jumpstart on research, but I often have to spend to much time asleep due to my inability to resist a shiny new chassis like a Ghost King or Draikana. The more complicated they are, the more they interest me. Which means I tend to avoid affordable leaders like Wyrms or whatnot. This allowed me to complicate my Pretender without spending more points.
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...b=5&o=&fpart=3
Shovah, with regards to Earth 9 only helping the mages, what about the +4 protection? With all the other spells on hand, my protection could get rather obscene. Chew on that, Ulm!
THE GREAT REVISIONIST STRIKES AGAIN!
So... I'll keep in mind that point about Midget and Trample not playing nicely together.