Biotic_Warlock wrote...
Grond0 wrote...
Mage level 9 spells are pretty powerful - presumably it shouldn't be made too easy to get hold of them!
I kina said it wrong i think;
I should have referred to the uselessness of level 1 mages and how they are the slowest to level up before level 5-6.
In BG1 they are not as useful except for magic missile spam and ability to use wands.
Edit: And summon spells once i get them.
Mages are powerful even in non-BGT games. Level 1 solo mages in vanilla BG1 have a hard time because they lack the HP boost from Find Familiar. However, they still have Sleep, which beats just about every encounter in the first few maps. With that they should be able to level a few times.
Once you get Web, Haste, and Slow, you can deal with almost all early encounters. Invisibility deals with enemy mages.
By level 7, you have caught up with most other classes in levels and you get the really powerful stuff.