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What is a Mage?
mage sits in a candle lit, darkened room, learning spells and magic, plotting the overthrow of the enemy. Strong in Mana, he is weak in strength and unable to burden any more than cloth armour. He can create his own food and drink, he can kill from a distance and retreat at a moment, but up against it close to, he is in trouble, wielding a walking stick against sword, claw or talon.

Let us just say that if your role model is Conan, a mage is not for you. To be a mage requires guile, subtle scheming and opportunism; it requires the ability to think and fight at the same time, in fact, if you think about it female players are ideally suited to the role. It also requires knowing when to cut and run at a moment’s notice, else another long walk could be in prospect.

In an open area, with some big mates wielding even bigger sharp flamberges, being a mage is where it is at. Zap! Fizzzzz! Slaughter! Grab the loot.

A Mage has one BIG failing. And I mean BIG, ‘Up close and personal’ just doesn’t work. ‘Up close and personal’ means an early exit to the graveyard and yet another aggravating long walk back to your body. You are never going to match any other non mage creature or character of the same or lower level in hand to hand combat unless you have critically damaged them first.