ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

can i auto-deactivate a buff when no enemy is nearby AND auto-activate it when i encounter a enemy at the same time? because of Deflection and Call Shadows, dont want to waste my hate when i auto-explore and dont have any hate when i encounter something.

And I'd like to have exact opposite for Meditation.

Call Shadows only drains hate when you generate a new shadow (ie, when an old shadow dies). Deflection stops draining hate when you've fully charged the shield. In both cases, you want them up outside of battles so you'll be fully charged when you do meet enemies. Besides, Doomed recover hate quickly with Feed and, unlike Cursed, don't have lots of talents that work best at high hate levels, so low hate isn't that big a deal.

Get shadow mages to talent lvl 4, effective lvl 5 so they get a chance to ressurrect (for free) and don't cost as much hate.