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There's another big plus if you start a bishop as a mage, and thats the 7 or 8 bonus points to several realm skills. A pure bishop has to cast his starting skills in red, a mage casts them in green.
I did use a fairie and an elf bishop in a few parties, but IMO its not a good thing. A fairie is great as your only offensive spellcaster, due to the mana regeneration in the early game. If you add an elf, this advantage is lost, since you'll usually rest until both are regenerated. And if you add another fairie, well, there's only one amulet of nebdar, and few other fairie stuff.
Another point against fairie bishops is the unability to use better armor nad a shield. This is no problem for a fairie mage or psionic, since these claeese are very restricted anyway.
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