I threw in the bit about the punching mainly as flavour text so that Assallya could ponder the possibility.. I never once indicated that the mace wasn't blessed or was ineffective, nor did I state that Arco wasn't capable of slaying demons or undead. In truth, I rather assumed once the other heroic types managed to give him room to breathe he'd start blessing their weapons and thus bring a sense of a budding team to the fray.

My general difficulty is that without knowing more about these creatures I can't exactly summon up and illusion of something that would strike fear into their unbeating hearts and thus give them pause enough for the heroes to take advantage. My character is based around knowledge. When there is no reference material my character is rather useless. How do I choose a spell appropriate to the situation? Maybe a blinding flash would have been better? Maybe an illusion of a bigger beast or creature? Maybe that pouch of powdered garlic, or the one of silver dust in the wagon might prove useful?