But seriously, although I've not played MM7 much - it's a long way from my favourite M&M game - I found Ethric's Staff a superb weapon for my lich the one time I played the dark path. The plus to the Dark magic skills was extremely useful, and it's a decent melée weapon. But I still maintain that by the time you've fully developed a front-line magic user, the bonus you get from the Meditation skill is negligible compared to the character's inherent spell points. It amounts basically to one high-level spell, and if you're reduced to a situation where that actually matters, your party should have bugged out about three rounds ago.On the other hand, I would wholly agree that Meditation is an essential skill in a might-heavy party which has archer and/or paladin as the only spellcaster(s).
