Oh, I wasn't really looking for specific advice for my situation, rather more generally what the heck do you do against the eye shield that's reasonably universally available? MR doesn't seem to help, my 13 MR jaguar warriors seem to lose an eye about 75% of the time they attack (small sample set though). Defense also doesn't seem to help as it seems equally effective against vans. The only other thing I would think would be head protection, but nobody's mentioned that helping.
As for my particular situation, awe +2 (+fear 0), 21 protection and almost 300 hp makes Jaguar swarming not really an option (you still lose an eye, BTW, even if you're too awed to attack), and the difficult research and relatively early timing makes blood -7 a bit of a stretch (though of course I'm headed there). Immunity to every other damage type I can cast in combat rounds out my lack of options. Never fear, I've got a couple ideas I'm gonna try, but wouldn't want to tip my hand yet.
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