[Volguuz RageWaar]

In the later stages the mages and sorceres become very powerfull, but in the begining you'll need the help of others, see this - when you get into the copper coronet there is a guy that chalange you to a figth he is very weak but suppose he is level 20 and as only a wepon +3 or +4 and you are in level 26 what will you do, well for one you could cast "absolute immunity" that way you'll be protected against all kind of weapons lower than +5 after that you could cast "Improved Aclaraty" (removes the time between each spell you cast, it's a really great spell) then you could cast a time stop, the after that you could do whatever you want with him it's your choice...

So as you can see the Mages are very powerfull ones once they are in the later levels