I don't understand the Phial thing. Over the years, people just keep on posting it as the best method for training Ma. I play a lot more wizards than anything else, and I am really 90% certain that the best way to train mana is to empty your PP all at once and recharge it back to full, rinse and repeat. The more PP you take away, the faster you will train mana - In my experience, the Phial barely does anything, but bookcasting SoAtlas/LordlyM in the wilderness until < 10 PP, crossing a few more squares, and bookcasting again, or better yet, book casting death ray, pumps your Mana stat nicely. Am I really the only one who thinks this???