B2 mage can't cast Life for a Life?

[archaeolept]

it's their first spell, and they are demonbreds w/ 2 spell casing enc.

though i can't tell what really happened in the battle as they were done under 3.17 and i can't trust the replay under 3.20...and i seem unable to watch even the redownloaded turn's battles using the old 3.17 executable (an aside: wtf?)

edit: also, it is cbm 1.3; fatigue for the spell is 199

[capnq]

Originally Posted by archaeolept

it's their first spell

That might be the problem right there. The AI seems to have a strong preference for casting some kind of buff on the first round.