i'm trying to make a kinda of hybrid mage assassin and have magic more supplement my assassinations. So far the only thing i find useful is alterations detect life/dead as an assassin, i need some input on how others play mage roles, (im not getting dual casting as i want a dagger in one hand) and useful mage perks. also hard to decide if the half magicka perks are good, since u can lower magic cost. i kinda wanted to use destro but iit seems useless at 90 dmg for the one hand spells and the masters have to use two hands and whatnot, but i dont really know yet, just seems it would be fun to stealth destro...

illusion ftw. Cast frenzy on targets and watch the mayhem. Cast calm if things get out of hand. Also, there's a perk for silent casting in the illusion tree.