[Fatt_Shade]

Hello Zepdog I`m happy other ppl started playing this mod, Mat did great job with it. I finished game with it mage and warrior, so i`ll help you with problem if i can

1) Yes it was planed to be able to finish battle with more plants then you started, it`sd basicly sacrifice for plants. But be careful because you can get more units with it then you`re leadership allow, so it`s possible to lose control over royal thorns, and then you`ll have to attack them to get them back (same as ghosts, if you played with them before). This goes for all plants in this mod, thorn warrior/hunters royals, ent and ancient ent. Use this ability wisely

2) By you`re description i think you got Thant as 3rd kid with Rina. I had same problem with Mephala daughter from Neoka, and it was simple typing error in her file. Go to you`re game folder, king`s bounty the legend\data\mods\mod_homm3_babies\ open that archive with winrar/winzip and find rina_babies file. Open that file with notepad , and find kid_thant, he miss 1 string for his spell bonus

 kid_thant {
  category=o
  image=heroitem_tome_thant.png
  hint_config=object_item
  label=itm_kid_thant_name
  hint=itm_kid_thant_hint
  information_label=itm_kid_thant_info
  maphint=
  mapinfo=
  price=6
  maxcount=0
  level=3
  race=human
  use {}
  weight=10
  fight {
  }
  mods {
    sp_gain_power_necromancy=count,12
    sp_mana_battle=count,4
  }
  propbits=child,rare
  params {}
  actions {
    tick=
    onuse=
    bfight=
    @=020000000000008000000000
  }
}

Copy bolded text string like i showed here, and place it in you`re file, save and exit, close winrar archive, and try again. I think it shouldnt be problems anymore.
If he still freeze game, say, Matt should find solution. Good luck