Playing mage is a cakewalk compared to warrior. Get meteorstrike, lightning (works on metal creatures), freeze. When high level, get the mass-damage spells like elemental hail.
When you become the divine one, get the divine death skill. Kills imps in one shot.
I've seen post after post saying how tough Josephine was. She ain't so tough after pumping in meteorstrike 5 several times! And those of you complaining about mana, you need to develop your intelligence and your potion skills. At the end of the game I had over 100 regular potions of restoration and didn't count the smaller potions. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mage.gif" alt="" />