Note you can cast mage armor on Gale right after leaving camp. It stays on him all the time.
very true; I was being hyperbolic to highlight the fact that low HP and low AC get targeted by the PC to the point where it does feel like the computer is cheating.
On that front, they stayed true to tabletop. Cause I remember when I was playing DnD, if I hadn't told the DM I had cast mage armor in the morning, when a fight was breaking, he was reminding me that as I didn't tell him, it meant I forgot to cast it :P
And as well, squishy mages being targeted all the time, well, that's also what basically happens to you when you start a new D&D campaign as a mage. Positioning and preparation can save your life.
