[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Stormbinder:
since you only have 1/7 chance to get a death 1 mage on your expansive national mages. (180 gp for none blessed reseach 6(3 on drain scale) gnome or 380gp on Van).

Dwarfs are not expensive. They are only 180 gold, which is exactly the right price to buy one every single turn. You probably should do this as well, since they are very powerful and useful mages, and you can never have enough of them.