I've come around to thinking that what might best be done with drain damage spells is to allow them to be doubled with afflictions. This makes so much sense (at least to me) that I sort of think this was the intent when they were originally introduced, but it never got implemented.
A problem with this is that the most obvious affliction to pair with drain damage is stun, which is in the "celestial" class rather than the "atysian" class, and so at least in the game lore would require combining two unlike things. Still, madness or root with drain damage would be good fun, and any affliction paired with drain damage would be powerful in team play.
A problem with this is that the most obvious affliction to pair with drain damage is stun, which is in the "celestial" class rather than the "atysian" class, and so at least in the game lore would require combining two unlike things. Still, madness or root with drain damage would be good fun, and any affliction paired with drain damage would be powerful in team play.