It's not a bad build, generally mages are able to keep themselves/ their party alive, which doesn't require a mass amount of life.
I generally do all int on a mage for climbing, unless you do welling or solo.
Here is a good guide to follow for gear/ stats, disregarding the welling part:
http://forums.d2jsp.org/index.php?showtopic=30551054&f=74This post was edited by Apostle on Sep 27 2009 08:50pm