War Mage/Archive

One of the basic character templates provided by Turbine. It replaced the original Sorcerer template. Its description is as follows:
 * WAR MAGES are characters skilled in the arts of battle magics. Few can match their destructive power. Suggested skills to learn as your War Mage advances are: Life Magic, Item Magic, Creature Magic.

Innate Skills
In addition to the skills listed, all characters start with the trained starting skills, bonus racial skill(s), and bonus augmentation for their heritage listed on Character Races.

Aluvian, Gharu'ndim, Sho, Viamontian, Shadow, Gearknight, Undead:

 Empyrean:

Advancement
Turbine's suggestion for advancement is to learn Life Magic, Item Magic, and Creature Magic.