Rikard: Yes, I have noticed your changing signature. I wish I had the creative energy to change my signature once in a while. Thank you for the explanation regarding language use. As an English/Grammar teacher, I know that language is ever changing, but I don't always take into consideration how culture exactly changes the appropriateness of phrases. I realized this when I looked at the replies to your posting -- everything from "lighten up Father" to "Funny lyrics Rikard, Lip Bizkit song?" and the occasional "The signature was a little rude" -- that there were many, diverse, opinions out there. Thank you for the apology and I thank you for the explanation. I think I've acquired a bit of Wisdom today -- maybe not a full point though.
As far as the topic goes, I can see using Stoneskin and Fireshield. Honestly, my mage tactics tended to avoid these spells until recently. In the past, I tended to use mages for Breach, Fireball, Cloudkill, Domination, Malaison, Haste, Dispel Magic, and Magic Missle -- spell support.
I suppose Magic Missle would work well in close combat. Fire off a Magic Missle. Hack at the opponent a few times and fire again. I obviously need to experiment more with some of the quicker combat spells.
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