MA T'ien Ch'i - a little of this, a little of that and BAM!

[Jarkko]

Regarding Earthquake and other battlefield wide attacks. All communion masters should be able to cast (very early in the game too) mistform and/or bark/stone/ironskin and/or Elemental Fortitude or one of the spesific anti-elemental spells (plus personal regen) and/or Twist Fate+Luck. Effectively the battlefield wide attack spells should thus only be a concern on attack (because the defender gets the first round), but perhaps one should use special attack-forces (mages with some cheap armour and/or elemental rings, for example) when attacking a foe expected to use such spells.