I've played almost ten years of UO purely as a mage
Now this sounds like me. Except I spent most of my UO life as a bard/mage.
I use a Fencer since Hits = Life Leech
my template seems to be the basic wammy
Tactics 115
Fencing 100
Bushido 115
Chivalry 90
Parry 115
Spirit Speak 100
Necro 40
I haven't gotten all the power scrolls I need yet. I defiantly need to get my Fencing up there.
I haven't quite figured out a full suit yet, but he's around 60's and some 70's in Wraith Form.
Any's once I started to actually play with this character I went strait to the ogre lords, I learned the a Slayer Weapon really helps with the leach since more damage = More Life Leech. Fighting the Ogre Lords became boring real fast since they are slow. So my Journey Lead me to the lands of Spirituality of Ish.
My warrior headed down the path of Blood Dungeon, there I learned quickly to fight off the Blood Elementals, even with a half decent weapon they became and easy task once I learned about total Refresh and once in a while I needed to use a Greater heal, along with Spirit Speak and Confidence.
but once the Paragon Spawned I just couldn't defeat him.. I was able to get between 50% and 90% of his health down, but he would over power me with paralyze and Flame Strikes. then I learned about Dart Traps, and Continued to Spam Lighting Strike, Concentrate weapon, oh and the most important Curse Weapon. Paragon Bloods would take most of my mana, but you regain it fast... I finally pretty much figured out how to take on the paragon Bloods with almost no problem, unless they catch me off guard enemy of one wears out ect. so far with these few warrior spells I've taking out paragon Blood elementals, Thrasher (With no other spawn), Swoops, and my next test Cu's then Paragon Cu's.
after that I will learn how to key up the Dread horn.
My Madness Method
First I cast a Familiar Shadow Wisp (Spirit Wisp) for the extra mana Regn
Wraith Form and I wait for my mana to regen
I cast Enemy of One when I'm close to my opponent
then Curse weapon
Honor Enemy
then the fight begins.
during the fight I make sure to use total refresh at 90% like said above
and if its tough enemy, I cast Concentrate weapon a few times during the battle.
another tip I dunno if anyone else does this but I have Protection on so I don't fail casting any of my spells during the fight.