The Problem with Undead

[sushiboat]

Undead are cool, but I don't see them as unbalanced. The lesser undead get destroyed by the hundreds. The powerful undead should be compared to other powerful summons (e.g., Wraith Lord vs. Air Queen). Undead Pretenders should be compared to other Pretenders that have similar roles (e.g., undead SC vs. living SC).

By the way, why should Banish be effective against powerful undead? It is a low level spell that requires no research (i.e., is available from Turn 1), gives no fatigue, and has multiple effects per casting. That is a pretty good deal as it is. And of course, Banish can hurt powerful undead; you just need to cast it more often before it will deal a killing blow.

[Taqwus]

Maggots is deadly. IIRC it's capped at how much damage it can do, 'tho; ISTR having a PoD barely survive it once, and I don't think he had regen items on him.

Spell targeting is probably similar to other spells, other than that it'll only target undead (and perhaps only corporeals; ethereal IIRC means that the spell will only rarely work) -- which can be interesting if you're using a Prince of Death with a living army attacking an army with druids. Been there, done that, smacked forehead.