Mage



Clad in ominous hooded robes, Mages are evil spellcasters in the employ of Nemesis.

Notable for being one of only a few enemies capable of shooting at the player, Mages appear as robed humanoids, capable of floating a few feet off the ground. They appear in not only Catacomb 3D, but in Catacomb Abyss and Catacomb Armageddon as well.

In Catacomb 3D


Mages are the only enemy, other than Nemesis, that can shoot at the player, which makes them dangerous. While their fire rate is slow and they don't do much damage, they will continually fire at the player as long as they can maintain line-of-sight. Worse, they're not very aggressive, often lazily strafing back and forth at a distance while they shoot Magick Missiles, which can make them hard to hit at long range.

Fortunately, Mages are fragile, with a meager 5 Hit Points, making them easy to take down. However, they are often positioned in areas they can cover one another, which ups the threat they pose considerably. They appear in Chaos Corridors and The Labyrinth. A lone Mage can be easily defeated by peppering it from long range and strafing to avoid its fire.

In the Catacomb Adventure Series
Mages appear again in Catacomb Abyss and Catacomb Armageddon in a few levels.

They wear a red cloak in these games and they fire more frequently, but are otherwise the same enemy.

Trivia

 * The Mage has a similar look and similar behavior to the |Fake Hitler enemies in Wolfenstein 3D.
 * They also resemble the Disciple of D'sparil enemies in Heretic.