Barbarian magic suppression skills...

So, while blocking is certainly useful, it's only effective in specific situations! Major Whirlwind and I had a discussion about it (look for it, the topic is somewhere in the Orcs forum)... Blocking should be used when you're certain about which school of magic your opponent is using. In that case, it's a super useful ability. Anyway, we argued, argued, and decided that it's better to take luck with magic resistance and education. Also, find artifacts that provide resistance, and don't bother with blocking. Of course, against a Town, I would take a chaos blocking spell; if you guess correctly, the damage will be minimal.