Frost Brand rules

[Starshine_Monarch]

My pretender is a Great Sage with F3,W1,A1,E2,D3,S4. I found a Staff of Elemental Mastery in a random event and I gave him a Fire Skull and Water Bracelet I forged (F5,W3,A2,E3,D3,S4). I originally built him so he would help with the research and build some cheaper Water items I can use. I used the plan I had because I thought that a quickened, ethereal trampler would be able to just mow over armies in a few turns with just SV, Inv and attacks. I have been researching Evocation as well, so I can probably send them out with a bunch of Reinvigoration items and gems and have them spam stuff like Falling Fires.

[Shovah32]

For your dai oni consider:
Shadow brand, charcoal shield, horror helm, jade armour, winged shoes(Do they have enc? If so i would swap for boots of the messenger even if they have summon earthpower), lucky pendant, ring of regeneration.

If you have access to phoenix pyre(thats the name isnt it?) consider some minimal gear (shadow brand, charcoal shield, ring of regeneration) and then load him up with a huge amount of regeneration game.

Finally if your dai oni have protection spells and you dont mind them spending an extra round buffing consider having them cast X skin and give them a robe of shadows.

Good dai oni buffs: summon earthpower, stone/iron skin, invunerability, phoenix pyre, soul vortex.

[Valandil]

Dai oni, AFAIK, have obscene encumberance- heavy samurai armor etc.