[Xietor]

I am aware of that, and I have 3 growth when i play Man. It helps but the old age is still a pain in the ... At 300 gold, i would prefer to get a mage with no management related issues.

Especially when said mage starts with 3 nature and no fire.
Just sort of baffling why Crones get extreme old age, and vanaheim's air mages do not. And vanaheim's do not even have the 3 nature.

I am not advocating that vanaheim get old mages of course, rather just an option to turn off the old age feature for those of us not wanting to deal with it.