quote: "...does that help you any...?" end quote

well i got lots for bishop and lots for priest, so I think that I will try the party in two different games with both

My main reason for selecting a Bishop is that i like to practise a lot, and the Bishop combines Realm and School skills beautifully. Esp in Mental realm, the one that gets most development from charming, a waste in a Priest, most of whose important spells are in Divine--a Bishop can use Mental points for all those lovely Psionic spells. Plus, by learning ALL the spells, they acrue vast SP's much faster than Priests, regardless of slower leveling (which amounts to only one in 15 anyway)
And priests don't get any Fire offense until L14!!!