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I like the cheetah, it's charge is a great way to close with enemy spellcasters.

I like light armor, so I would go with a +1 Chain Shirt, a +1 Silver Scimitar, Cold Iron Cestus, and a Haversack. I like the mobility of light armor, and it still gives you a +7 to your armor class.

I see two easy options:

One: Kill them. They are 5th lvl casters, it is easy, either from outside their range as most people are suggesting, as in a thieves' guild with shortbows in a rooftop in the dark, 40-50ft up, makes for a deadly encounter, or a close up ambush, fight starts at 5ft with a great axe.

Two: Neutralize them. They cast flashy spells, so make the encounter at night where they have to be sneaky. This keeps them from using scorching ray and color spray.

They should get several penalties in civilization from associating with undead, making it hard to get stuff done like buying supplies. And I believe you mentioned that the gnome speaks on celestial, although I might have missed something in the posts. This should make him useless in social interactions at 5th lvl.

I personally like the kill them approach. It is simple and straight forward, and they get the point fastest.