Alliance = I like gnome for intellect boost or Dreanei for the self healing ability.

Plus it seems to me that nobody expects a dreanei to be a mage.
If you play as a male character it is funny to see this huge dreanei running up to attack and then they stop half way and start bolting the crap out of their target.

So true about that draenei mage comment. I have always thought it was funny that my huge draenei mage, with popping veins and everything, hits crap with his staff and usually freezes his enemy and backs up to shoot him with another spell. I do like the healing, though, it has come in handy many times, when I don't really feel like wasting a potion. Gift of the Naaru + Evocation = ready for another battle.

Thepian, Draenei Mage
Realm: Nordrassil (I believe it is with two S's)