Does anyone else think that the Summon Ancestors (Rank 1) spell is OP?

[Yorginvik]

I picked the spellbook up around level 2-3 at the Old Three River Watch (hidden chest)

I get to summon an undead boy (I call him Richy), he has the same amount as health as the other skeletons but instead he does like 2-3x more damage than them.
I am building up my character as a battlemage, however I get to simply summon Richy and he takes care of all the enemies for me (2-3) without my help. Sometimes I do give a little help when he is on low life.

Is this normal? Not complaining! But I do feel a bit overpowered...

[Nomnom Victory]

Enderal has a few balance oversights, one of which is spells/items being easily obtained earlier than they should be and another is spells being too cheap so things like summons can be cast by anyone when really they should require some points in entropy or the sinistrope tree to use.

Most of those types of balance issues are solved in the Enderal Gameplay Overhaul, but it also makes the game harder so it's not for everyone.

Summon ancestor is a higher level than many of the enemies around Three River Watch, the contents of chests is random so that sort of stuff happens sometimes. As you progress into higher level areas Summon Ancestor will drop off. Mages in general are pretty well known for trivialising fights since magic is so strong in Enderal, so its pretty likely that your battlemage build will start to feel overpowered by itself given time.

It's not that summon ancestor is too strong, more the case that you probably shouldn't have it yet and like many of the spells in Enderal it doesn't cost as much as it should.

[Yorginvik]

Yeah that makes sense. As I go to areas that are higher level the ancestor spell i noticed becomes weaker because my summon dies quicker. After some more time playing the game the spell doesn't seem overpowered anymore, but the damage is still pleasantly surprising.