> As for why it's important to see the number of your mana. I'm the
> type of person who likes to plan ahead, _way_ ahead. Deciding which spells
> to memorize, in what order to cast them, which to buy and not to buy, and so
> on and so on. The amount you have plays allot in this. Say, for

Ahh, but here's the thing: this is exactly what they were trying to
_avoid_. They don't want people out there crunching numbers and playing
from a pure power-gaming aspect. Otherwise, why not just reveal to us
every formula in the game? The lack of numbers is to promote a sense of
mystery and to encourage roleplaying...not roll-playing. It doesn't always
work (formulas are still found, 'optimal' race/class/spell combinations
are still discovered), but it helps.

Valdus