[Alneyan]

Welcome aboard Rudy! Feel free to play the character you want: having a party weakness may not be such a bad idea after all, at least to add up some spice to the whole thing. I am not sure we really need a Rogue, as we more or less managed to convince our DM not to put too many traps here and there (Rogues have the unfortunate tendency of mostly checking for those traps and things of the like). Spellcasters are always nice, and you can never have too many of them, and they even come in several flavours.

I didn't know those stones acted like the other crystals. They are certainly fine then: Stisnera can use them to cast the weakest powers at her disposal, and nothing more than that. In a couple more levels, they will be virtually worthless for her, unless a 1d10 Mind Thrust is *really* needed (she can now cast ten 1d10 Mind Thrust, or five 2d10 Mind Thrust).