I've got a prob with the spells I've made. How do I cut the prep time for using the spell? In combat, the character is killed off before even trying to use it. Also, I've tried changing the order the character was in, and my opponents continue to attack magic users first.

The casting prep time is changed in the spell editor. The field you should edit is called 'Casting Time'.

The monster intelligence is very basic for the moment, and is not currently adjustable by the user. Once we wrap up the spells we will make the combat AI scriptable.