Uses for Skratti?

[lch]

Actuarian said:
Every year I changed his form the turn before the age afflictions kicked in and he never sufferred any old age afflictions.

When do old age afflictions kick in, exactly?

I got a sage province and recruited one sage every month there. When I had three of them, suddenly two of them got diseased, although I don't have Death dominion. Needless to say, I was pissed. Your shape shifting workaround might work for Mictlan, too.