Celtic Heroes

And for your info I play every class Mage was my fav until about level 70 then it just goes down hill compared to other classes
You might also want to consider the extra damage that rogues can support with by casting poisen wep on someone with gloves of speed an additional 40 damage per hit 2 of those and you have cloak of fire and most warriors hit faster than what the mobs do if wearing speed gloves so
I guess that makes a rogue better at support than mages cloak
And a rogue has more armour so if they do an all vit build they will make a better tank than a Mage

You worry about losing 200 str because you sneak attack will drop below 1k well shards maxed at 15 on my 88 Mage with full training hits for a max 833 when you take resists off its around half that cloak is a max of 118 normally about half that in reality and fireball 421 and again in reality less than half that you really don't realise jus how much Mage damage does not get any better once you start getting to higher levels you can improve your damage by putting a few points in str mages r stuck with what ever they get