Ie as we know it from the Light/Dark mirrored paths of MM6/7. In raw MM8, Dark Elves cannot even learn the Dark Magic skill, let alone GM.What GPT must be referring to here is the "Dark Elf" racial skill, like the "Vampire" or "Dragon" racial skills. Fully promoted Dark Elf can learn that to GM (in fact the only "class" able to learn the skill at all). And yes, Personality is the core stat for it. Although the Dark Elf skill is pretty meh. At Normal level you get a Merchant boost (useful only until you get Merchant to GM & are transacting at cost anyway); Expert gets you some minor exploration buffs that other characters/skills will likely do better anyway, and M/GM each gets you a pretty useless combat spell. It's hardly worth focusing on Personality for. And you can't learn the self magics at all, so Personality is useful only for Dark Elf. You'll be more the backup elemental magics character (can learn to Master), than self magics.
Overall I'd agree with GPT, other than Personality: Speed, Accuracy, and Endurance. They're your bow & disarm expert. After that, Might if you want to melee (Master sword), or Intellect if you want to elemental magics.
