YE>Spells... you'l have all those defence spells,
YE>Blur - +1-5 ac depending on your normal ac
YE>MageShield - +18 or +10 or something ac, it's nice ac
YE>Ethereal Shield - Ya dont need that, dont even buy it cuz MageShield
YE>cancels it out and MSHI is better anywyas
YE>ShadowForm - Really cool thingy that makes you not visible to other
YE>players
YE>magic Armour - Gives +1 toughness or whatever it's called, 0/+1 ac
YE>the highest attack spell you'l have is Sunbolt which hits in the 40-50
YE>range, costs 8 mana...
For scripting, ethereal shield is much better than mageshield in my
opinion.  It lasts 5 minutes (LONG time compared to any other spell in
the game sides armr, which is also 5 minutes) and costs 6 mana, gives
you 12 ac, while mshi gives 18 BUT it costs 10 mana and lasts 3 minutes,
and mages dont really need to worry about hps all that much since they
blow monsters away then rest for mana.  Figured it out to this: shld
costs .6 mana per 30 seconds, which is one hp/mana tick, and mshi costs
1.67, so youre paying almost three times as much mana for mshi for a
mere 6 ac that you dont even need since youll be killing everything in
at most 4 rounds anyway.
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