SPOILER: After the first boss ..

[Nevar]

Originally Posted by xhan

Thanks - good to know. I guess Human troops can be OK if you play a warrior or something, but for my ranged/keep-away soothsayer play style there is much better races. At least Runemages are neat.

Not as neat as they used to be, though. The lack of Revive was a downer.

Also, provided you have cash, it's possible to recruit a variety of things in the three areas you can wander. I've found dragons, ogres, cyclops and giants, for example.