My goal for next age is to be a mage. However, I have never played this role before, so I would like some advice.
What's better for being an unbreakable mage? Faery or Elf? Additionally, if I'm interested in getting some decent thievery work in and resisting ops like AW, what's my best option?
I'm kind of torn between Elf Mystic or Faery Rogue. I like the Elf for the 30% wpa and the 5 defense spec unit. But I like the Faery for the access to all ratial spells plus inherent extra mana per tick. Combined with rogue that has all thievery ops and extra stealth per tick.
I don't plan to do a lot of attacking like I did when I played Halfling Rogue, but I want something that will have the most defense to prevent attacks. I'm planning on running on the higher end of my kingdom, if I'm not the largest province.
Suggestions of Race/Personality and strat to go with it?