Hm, that's a good attitude. I reckon a proficient siphoner can break even tough curses. As for the light shields, I guess it'd be easiest to shield large areas - like a whole town - with multiple mages. About necromancy, though, I'm with you on that, even though I'm a death mage. But then again a couple of people who got killed here - outworlders, I mean - got brought back to life like that, so it's good to have the option. We need everyone we've got, after all.