I guess the consensus was that arials were op. I'd point out however that going between that 23-22 int threshold takes off something like 60 hitpoints at hero. That's a pretty significant percentage of an assassin's hp, but more significantly arial mage was already a dubious choice, and with 22 int and 300 exp pen it seems all the more dubious.

Personally I think that the solution is to remove train hp and apply racial hp bonuses to compensate.