Potions of augmentation work to, as do the incredibly rare potions of *Enlightenment*. (Most games I don't find even one.) There are also (very rare) rods of restoration, but they're pretty useless: the recharge time is something like 2000 normal turns. And there's a priest-only spell.
But if you are really desperate, potions of restore life work too, if you allow an undead to take you down a character level. It's a cheesy exploit, but it does exist.
The right ways to deal with stat loss are:
Avoid it (for Mages, this should be easy, as they mostly don't use melee anyway.)
Resist it
Ignore it. Minor stat loss doesn't usually cause much problem.
Eat a mushroom of vigor. You should be saving these at home for desperate times.
But if you are really desperate, potions of restore life work too, if you allow an undead to take you down a character level. It's a cheesy exploit, but it does exist.
The right ways to deal with stat loss are:
Avoid it (for Mages, this should be easy, as they mostly don't use melee anyway.)
Resist it
Ignore it. Minor stat loss doesn't usually cause much problem.
Eat a mushroom of vigor. You should be saving these at home for desperate times.
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