Bestiary/Ratman Mage

The Ratman Mage is a ratman spellcaster with 70–80 Magery and 88–108 hit points. It has Rich loot for its size and a small chance at a statue.

Overview

In-game name: a random ratman name
Corpse: a glowing ratman corpse
Behavior: it attacks the nearest target it sees and fights like a spellcaster (mage AI), mixing spells with melee.
Rummages corpses: from time to time it takes a random item from a corpse within 2 tiles (*rummages through a corpse and takes an item*). Loot your kills quickly near one.
Speech: it squeaks ratman speech.

It fights with the mage AI: it closes to melee range but casts between swings. Its Magery is 70.1–80.0 and its Evaluating Intelligence 70.1–80.0.

Damage spells: Magic Arrow, Harm, Fireball, Lightning, Mind Blast, Energy Bolt and Explosion. A stronger one (with more Magery) can also cast Flame Strike.
Other spells: about 1 cast in 8 is Poison (only if you aren't poisoned already). It may also Bless itself, curse you (Weaken, Clumsy, Feeblemind or Curse), drain your mana (Mana Drain or Mana Vampire) or Paralyze you.
Healing: it cures itself when poisoned, and sometimes heals itself (Greater Heal when badly hurt), more often the higher its Magery.
Dispel: with 186+ Intelligence it can cast Dispel on your summoned creatures (more reliably the higher its Magery).

Every ratman mage carries:

Gold: about 260–350 in total (from its "Rich" loot)
1 magic scroll from circles 1–3 (now and then a blank scroll). With Necromancy enabled on New Bradford, necromancy scrolls can show up too.
6 reagents (random)

It may also carry:

A magic weapon, armor piece or shield (up to 3 chances, from about 20% down to 1% each)
A musical instrument (about 1% or less)
a statue (2%)

Use a blade on the corpse to get:

Champion spawn: it is a level 3 creature of the Vermin Horde champion spawn (champion: Barracoon), so it appears at the fixed Vermin Horde altar at 5557, 827, and any of the 11 Lost Lands altars that rolls Vermin Horde. Each one killed during a spawn gives the killer Valor and champion-title progress.
The Deceit brazier: double-clicking it from within 2 tiles summons one creature picked at random from a list of about 90, and this is one of them. The brazier warns players who step next to it ("Heed this warning well, and use this brazier at your own peril"). It works once every 15 minutes and places the creature within 5 tiles. The summoned creature is set to attack the closest target, even if it would normally leave you alone, and it stays within 5 tiles of the brazier.