[KissBlade]

LA Ulm's magic is really really REALLY horrible. In fact, you're pretty hosed without a good pretender with good spread in magic. Ranger + Zweihander spam can only get you so far. And forbid you go up against a SC or two. They need a disclaimer on the nation description that you MUST pick (whatever the requirement for Sanguine Heritage is ...) on your pretender or you are the screwzor if you don't get lucky with some indies.