Mage- Mages are stupid, they have crappy abilities and they suck. Although they can transmute wands, it costs 1k a charge, and their enchant ability lasts for beans. Mages got the lowest amount of hp and after level 10, mages really have no more point in playing with. Although they get more hp and mp they still do about the same amount of damage and you'll probably never get a level 5 spell except for maybe a dm quest. Mages also can wield only certain weapons but I have found that mages can use rusty broadswords for blunt, daggers for thrust and staffs for pole, a skullblade for sharp. I still haven't find a missile weapon that a mage can use yet.

        Stats for Mages - Some strength, max out on intel and piety. Mages should do the same thing as lichs. Kill market/crabs probably until lvl 7 and start grouping to kill perms. Once you get to lvl 10, you can solo perms, But again... mages blow. 50 mp at lvl 10 is small compared to the 78 hp a lvl 10 lich has.