I've successfully gotten a third party member, its a Skeleton that gets angry in fights. I have to balance when to calm him because he'll start getting fear if its too early.
The only issue with magic I've had so far is if I Raise an undead and then control his mind; When he dies it doesn't...
A powerful Mind Thaumaturge created a book where you see futures you're in. Your mind gets fritzed kind of like an elder scroll and death snaps you back into the place where you found the book