Well, if that has been your experience, I must have been lucky so far. However, my party don't cast many fortifying/defensive spells, preferring instead to use their high level offensive magic. When they can take a few steps back and cast a Meteor Storm, two Firestorms and/or an Icestorm, defensive magic seems to be a waste of mana. But on the few occasions when they have decided to be a bit defensive, they've had no problems. The only place where I experienced any problems with magic was the Boogre Caves - I'd been led to expect magic wouldn't work there, but I only had a couple of spell fizz, and never when they were fighting a Jungle Lily.
I wonder if Sorcery skill has anything to do with this, although none of my party has especially high Sorcery skill, ranges from 5 to 7. I also guessed that Intelligence (or Intellect) might matter for magic users and raised it up to 18 as quickly as I could.
Any ideas out there?
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