== Battlecast == by Dawn Metcalf Reinstate the original rule: make this once again required for mages who fight conventionally. Observation: Jon attests this was placed as a power check which should be reinstated for equity. Tim writes: "Mages now can wear armor and cast spells, which was a cleric only benefit. Now the only difference is that mages can do better offensive and defensive spells and clerics can patch people up... Of course if I was a mage I would like this choice, but as a cleric it seems to tip the scales of balance more towards the mage being a better character choice."