The problem is, if you can realistically get a wand at 30, getting at hero is going to be a joke. We wanted mages to have some sleek locations that would present a danger at hero -- mostly not 'this will kill you' but more, this might mess you up a little creating any number of kinds of windows of opportunity for enemies, or, this is going to take you a couple rounds to kill creating other chances for your enemies, etc.

But that does make things harder than it used to be on a lower level mage, too.

I have a thought about this I'm going to bounce off a few people.