[Aerich]

Re: the Chill Touch effect on undead - the spell description in the game says the same thing. I've never tried it though, because my general policy of not letting my mage get within arms length of the enemy goes *double* when the enemy is undead. If there's any undead that I can't deal with by normal means (weapons and Turn Undead), they'd probably save vs. spell anyway.

Now if you could combine the Chill Touch effect with Shocking Grasp, it would be worth memorizing. I'll have to try it down the road sometime. I forgot about the no upper limit on Shocking Grasp. I may have to start using it. Burning Hands isn't my favourite, because again, you have to be fairly close. Worse, you either have to be out front or accept that some of your other characters will get hurt. If I'm far enough separated from my group or in a position to cast BH without hurting anyone, I'm probably risking too much. That said, I do memorize BH on occasion, if I anticipate going up against trolls or fire-sensitive creatures.