This trick may not work with the full install option or the expansion set. It may also work with other class combinations that a mage is part of. Use the following steps to create a Fighter/Specialist Mage. Choose to creating a character and select "Human" for the race. For class, choose "Mage" and select the Specialist Mage you wish to become with a multi-class. Once at the screen where you select your first level magic spells, back out and continue backing out until you are down to selecting your gender. Note: Do not select "Start Over". Re-create your character (same gender, and later alignment) with a race of either Half-elf, Elf, or Gnome. At class, choose "Multi-class" and select the multi-class Fighter/Mage (or Fighter/Illusionist). Continue creating your character until you have set your first level spells. If your spells have a requirement (for example, if you want to be a Fighter/Necromancer, you would have Larloch's Minor Drain and/or Chill Touch as required spells), then you know that the trick worked. Finish creating your character. Note: The paper doll drawing may look like a Thief. If you want to be a different Fighter/Specialist Mage, click "Start Over" and begin from step one again with a new Specialist Mage chosen. Not only do Fighter/Specialist Mages start with more spells, their map animations look like Mages instead of Fighters. Also, Gnomes do not have to be Fighter/Illusionists. The Specialist Mage you chose will "overwrite" the "Illusionist" (for example, a Gnome Fighter/Diviner or something else).