Femboy Fantasy Tit Tacs
I really thought slamming my way through Tactics Ogre would prep me for this. I'm only like eight hours in and already I have underlevelled characters I can't do anything with. I haven't even started messing with classes yet, please help. Save me, training battles.
Also why team size so small 
EDIT: Why are black mages evil. Ranged lockon fire attack that kills you.
EDIT2: the best strat for black mages is kamakaze basically. They have a lot of range and can snap to targets freely, so running next to another enemy will result in their multi target fire killing one of their boys.
What if I have none of that cuz this is my first encounter with a black mage :>
You could try just ganging up on them, they're quite squishy. Also good for early game is to have a female thief who can charm male units since most characters in the game are male.
I have four guys there is no ganging up
good to know about fem thieves tho.