Perhaps a reason why mages issue challenges to you is because you don't issue to them. In reality, if you die to a mage who only carries out a single offensive (losing pent) action, you deserve to die.

I think a big reason why mage types choose their location is because a place such as PE, or as Arthor wanted, Central Cassiandora Square, is so biased towards knight types it's just not a feasible place for a mage to fight.

Remember that challenges are mutual and if you don't want to fight in a particular location, just don't go there. Also, have a think about where you may be going wrong against a mage, have a look at your poison combos, try and get them out of rituals

and be relentless. It's not as bad as fighting a seer and allowing them to get away and heal (and still have rubs), but mages can heal quickly within power rits, so you have to attack attack and attack.

outp athillias

eat athillias least you know where a mage is, as a knight type, you try fighting an lm type that doesn't want to fight - you have no chance of catching them, as with sorcerers with gate demons, portal and especially necromancy (Tetsuo in particular -

although I'd like to see a avalonian fighter that he could kill to get necromancy). Look at it this way - if you fight an lm, you want to keep them in your location because you have more potential firepower, that's just what a mage tries to do, keep

you target in their location because of rituals.

One thing I will say though, you're dead right about the underlying trend for mage types being too defensive. All the best mages in avalon history were very mobile and didn't *rely* on rituals. In my recent lifetime, the best mage type I've fought a

gainst was Cordon - he tinkered around with the skillset and came up with some great combos without using rituals. No matter what Aerian says, he pales in comparison.

Herbie

Written by my hand on the 30th of Skyelong, in the year 1095.