Magician Race Question

[Messianic]

My first and highest caster on live or here was a dark elf wizard. I always wished I had chosen Erudite - for faction, higher base int, and height (My gnome necro is kind of annoying because first person view isn't as helpful unless i'm in skel form).

But all in all, the differences are incredibly minor between Gnome/High Elf/Dark Elf/Erudite. I can't see a reason to be a human caster - maybe because you can carry more loot and typically higher base STA?

I haven't seen hide to be immensely helpful, but some people say it is - that would be a good reason to be dark elf.