EA Pan: What's wrong with this build?

[thejeff]

Just a couple of thoughts, though I'm not an expert with EA Pan:

Blood on the pretender isn't really necessary. It's easy enough to empower a Pan to forge boosters. Nor is the minor blood bless that great. The cross-path blood summons may be worth it, though you could also empower her in blood later on to reach those.

Don't neglect Wolf Shamans when trying to break into Death. In EA, you will find them and, while you may have to buy quite a few to get the D random, 1/10 will have it. And they're roughly as efficient researchers as your dryads, without having to build another fort.
Still, it'll be a long time before you have D gems to spare for Mentors. You've got no starting income and DK is expensive.