First Garg char, need advice for armoring him

[NObama]

Fellow cheaters -

I've just finished building up the basic skills for my first non-crafter gargoyle.  Need your advice on what sort of natty duds he should be wearing.

Concept:  Support mage-healer.  The first thing I plan to have him do is chain heal 2x GDrags against Melisande while dispelling any Revenants.  He doesn't have to fight or defend himself, except maybe invis to break aggro.

Current skills:
Mysticism 110 (for sleep and colossususususus)
Magery 115
Med 100
Focus 100
EI 100

1 - Any particular ideas on how to build his suit.  MR, +mana and +int are a priority.  Assume 120 imbuing and all resources are available.  No factions, no uber SA artifacts 'cause they refuse to drop for me.
2 - Any recommendations for his remaining skill points?  I think I'm going to go with hiding/stealth to keep him out of harms way while I set up a boss monster.  I could do spellweaving for gift of life/renewal I suppose...  Assume all powerscrolls are available.
3 - Any tips on playing a gargoyle?  I've not used one anywhere except the Queen's soulforge, as yet....

Thanks!

[NObama]

Alright, an update:

Built myself the following suit, using no named items except the Tome of Knowledge, an altered Shadow Cloak of Rejuv and Frostguard talisman:

HP: 94 Mana: 171 Stam: 19
70/70/70/68/68
112 LRC
40 LMC
2/6
13 MR
+38 Mana
+8 Stamina
Int: 133 (+8)
Str: 89
Dex: 11...obviously, I need a stat scroll.  94 hit points doesn't leave much room for 'oops' in a peerless instance.

No shield.  No shoes.  No cloak.  Do gargoyles even get those three items?

The suit is by no means optimized, but at least I'm not wasting any resistance points.  It is EXACTLY 70/70/70/68/68 without going over.  Several of my armor pieces have room for additional imbues, which helps as I add/subtract better pieces.  Also, I'm a few points over on LMC...

I can cast Greater Heal over 150 times at 2/6 before i run dry...which is exactly what this character is designed to do.

Let me know if anyone swears by a particular gargoyle arty, and I'll incorporate it.

Next step would be to enhance these armor pieces...but I don't see the need for that in a support character at the moment.

[Masscre]

Gargoyles wear something like a human would wear in the cloak spot but it is like a cosmetic cloak on their wings and there are some out there that have mods on them also.

[onlyindreams]

If healing is all that you'll be doing, you can drop Eval to put more Med and Focus on.

[cdavbar]

I wouldnt even use med with max lmc and mr id use the skill somewhere else personally....

[NObama]

If healing is all that you'll be doing, you can drop Eval to put more Med and Focus on.

I was just thinking that.  I forgot that GHeal is only based on magery skill.  Also, for the record:  It's a ROBE I don't have, not a cloak.

Hmm..I might be able to throw music and disco on this fellow then...hmm...ultimate support character.

Ultima:  Is it worth discording Melisande/Dreadhorn/Etc?  I know we always used to, but I also seem to recall it being a small return on investment...  Would you go the stealth road or the bard road?

[onlyindreams]

IMO I'd go with disco if you can. I still think it's highly under-rated.

[Adenocard]

Quiver's can be altered to garg as a back piece... My mystic mage tamer wears the quiver of infinity for the dci increase...

 Also I would go with a boomerang on a garg mage... Mine has one its -20 mage weapon with sc, dci 25% di 20%.  Wouldnt think it makes a difference but it does alot