Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) General How should I play a mage?

Hrmm, I'm a bit puzzled. I started a mage even though in most RPGs I am a warrior, but I can't help but feel they really suck and take much more patience and potions to play.

WIth a warrior I could just storm a room and chop everyone down. With a mage I have to rely on my mana, which is really limited. I miss half my melee hits and my mana is not enough even though I started putting more points into intellect. By the way I'm only level 6.

Also, so far every weapon I have found is for warriors (req very high str and agi). Is it a coincidence or are there no mage specific weapons?

And one more thing. In the manual I see that a mage's special skill is "swap location". Yet I don't have this skill. What's up with that?