Dealing with high active defenses

[Bruno]

DF recommends forbidding powerstones, and while Power Items cost about the same to recharge as mana stones, you have to buy the expensive "thingy" up front to charge.

There's a good reason for this - it means the spellcasters aren't enormous invulnerable manna batteries :)

[Peter V. Dell'Orto]

Originally Posted by Bruno

There's a good reason for this - it means the spellcasters aren't enormous invulnerable manna batteries :)

. . . and even more critically, IMO, every magic-using enemy they encounter isn't access to even more powerstones for their collection.