I almost always play magic-users, and as a general rule a mage should be first and foremost concerned with his/her own safety and well-being at all times.
Any mage who lives past 3rd level has done so because they are intelligent, crafty and cunning. As such, they would have to be strongly defensive-minded and always protect themselves before attacking or protecting anyone else.
I could be here all day listing all the spells I like a mage to have, but in general, a wide variety of spells with a wide variety of effects should be memorized (i.e. not just 4 fireballs or 5 magic missiles memorized.)
More shall come later.
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a bunch of long hairs.
trux
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