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I have to say, the Elemental/Spirit blades and traps would be much better if they didn't cost a pip.

I use blades and things all the time, but they lose a lot of their value when it costs you to use them.

May I suggest that these cards lose their pip cost, but maybe they would be slightly weaker? Like make the Elem./Spirit Trap do +25% instead of +35%?

Please note that this is only my opinion. If you don't agree, please post.

Right now I am in Dragonspyre and I have to say the Elemental blades/traps costing 1 pip is annoying but since I start with 2 pips and have a 50% power pip chance the blades use my regular pips (if I have any) and the next turn I am likely to get a power pip. Seeing as it only costs 3 power pips (6 regular pips) to cast a Helephant the cost of one pip is justified by the damage. I personally would not like to see the damage increase reduced.

I find that those of my characters that have spells from two schools covered by one boosting spell (such as a death/ife or storm/ice) wizard benefit as you waste only one casting round to put up two shields, etc. Again, at the higher levels, rounds last a bit longer due to multiple stronger enemies.

As a note, I happily pay the 1 pip cost for feint (even with the damage boost to myself...)

As a death student, I couldn't stress enought he importance of damage-increasing charms and wards. One pip isn't anything to me. I generally have a pip surplus. The damage increase, however, is important to me; it greatly helps, especially since the death blade/trap I use in them only affect death, and won't be taken down from a weakness (since weaknesses are removable without using up the blade(s) I want).

I, personally, find these spells amazingly valauble to my combat and to reduce their power would be something I would dearly regret.

The hydra and blast are good with elemental traps and blades. They are mean't for all schools.