Aerie's use depends on you. Because I want to have a full cleric and a full mage in my party (i.e. vic and my wild mage character), the best that Aerie would serve would be as a support spellcaster. You're going to get different opinions from everyone. Some people use Aerie as their only mage (particularly if they have Jah) because they don't think clerics are all that useful in the game. Other people recommend playing with 1 1/2 clerics (and Aerie is the best 1/2 cleric in the game) and don't see the use of spellcasters so they use Aerie as their only mage. So it's really up to your own discretion as to how much spellcasting power you want in the game. Even though it seems that everyone makes their saves, I like to have a lot of spellcasting in my party. My party design tends to be like this:
Tank
Cleric
Mage
Thief
Druid
The only problem is that I really have no archer support (except from the thief, which has lousy combat values), but oh well. The main reason for my archers is to disrupt spellcasters, but I have insect swarm now w/ my druid so there.
But like I said, it's up to your discretion...
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