What boots do your mages wear?

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

I often use Boots of the Messengers, myself, on mages with 4 spell encumbrance. As a small bonus, if they become unconscious they wake almost twice as fast.

That said, there are occasions where Birch Boots have their uses. With Ctis, they're enough to make your non-sauromancer mages 100% poison resitant. With partially cold-resist nations, they're enough to protect from 'Grip of Winter' or allow you to stand shoulder to shoulder with wights or winter wolves. Facing a water magic nation with alteration six, it can also be useful.

As well, Winged Shoes can be very useful strategically, if not tactically. If I have to empower up to air two, and i have only one or two fire 4, water/nature 5 mages (etc), I forge a pair so I can set up my anti-spell domes wherever I need, not worrying half as much about mountains, swamps, enemy armies, or forests.

As a side note, boots of stone are not good on any unit with a cold aura.