Eagle of Fire, on Jul 19 2005, 11:15 PM, said:
I tryied several times to get going with the skills The Hunterminator listed, but to no avail. Either I'm really a bad mage or there is something missing because I always end up being killed.
Well, my way of playing a mage is getting my magic circle to 7 as quick as possible for dark manna as well as casting shield at the earliest opportunity and keeping it at all time. Deadman's gold is also useful at the beginning of the game, and the various summons can be used to explore the dungeon.
Also, Leylines contact means mana refill at each level so before going down, I cast every single buff I have. Also, open allows to open doors and chests so that can be used for shortcuts as well as extra equipment. If you're lucky, you can get Sidhe stuff which are not armor (so no casting loss) as well as raising spell power.
With crown of the Sidhe Queen, cape of the Sidhe Lord and ring of the Sidhe, I had a spell power of 14 so my arcane bolt did 25 damage.
BTW, I have a question. Your character is a fighter, how do you manage to kill ghosts?