[Rindis]

That sounds like my general train of thought. There's a number of not-bad ways of doing the spell, but many of them have hard to work out parts. (Like Enhanced Dodge: A limited number of successful uses is not something that makes a lot of sense with current modifiers.) I also try to stay away from Allies to explain special effects. Sometimes, its great to explain something fairly flexible, but an Ally that only exists to disappear when hit says there are better solutions to me.