Wondering: is there any way to change the lichcraft spell...

[NTJedi]

Originally Posted by Wrana

damage coming back and burning my mage - and he just raises again as a Wight, with higher stats and no upkeep as an added benefit.

Yes expensive mages can have some high upkeep costs and twiceborn usually gives the mage stronger stats and no upkeep. The twiceborn also works on pretenders, especially useful for rainbow mages which are generally weak.