Illusion
Illusionists are one of the five schools of spellcasting available to the mage class in moral decay. They tend to be better equipped for offense than defense, and thus are best played more like an invoker (mostly offense, little defense) than an abjurer (a “battle mage” with mainly defensive spells at his or her disposal). Illusionists eventually may learn all the invoker spells, but they suffer an extra-mana-per-spell penalty to cast them. Thus, Illusionists get by through creativity, deception and ledgerdemain, preferring to fool their opponents into injuring themselves or their friends (a great feautre of the shadow blast spell, one main weapons in the illusionist arsenal), rather than merely “blasting” them as would an invoker. They are also able to cause their opponents to believe that beings from the netherworld are attacking them with the phantasmal killer spell.
It has been said that illusionists are essentially “thief mages,” with spells such as invisibility and hide casting that give them the ability to be very effective player killers, should the need arise. On the lighter side, illusionists can have fun with their powers, causing voices to come out of nowhere (the ventriloquism spell), projecting animated replicas of common objects (the create illusion spell), or even fooling their friends into thinking they’ve just died (the illusion death spell).
Note: Not all players find the illusion death spell funny.
Illusion:
ventriloquism (terrible)
destroy illusions (very bad)
feeblemind (bad)
gnat strength (not so bad)
misdirection (way below average)
create illusion (below average)
terror (average)
blur image (just above average)
mirror images (above average)
illusion death (far above average)
hide casting (good)
drain mana (impressive)
invisibility (great)
symbol (excellent)
slow (magnificent)
shadowwalk (superb)
shadow blast (incredible)
mass invisibility (incredible)
phantasmal killer (incredible)
Invocation:
magic missile (horrible)
iceshard (bad)
fire arrow (way below average)
shocking grasp (below average)
ice blast (average)
meteor blast (just above average)
fireball (above average)
manablast (good)
cold sphere (impressive)
electric blast (great)
mana surge (magnificent)
blast lightning (superb)
bolt (incredible)
storm (fantastic)
conflagration (unbelievable)
hailstorm (amazing)
chain lightning (phenomenal)
disintegrate (phenomenal)
unleash chaos (phenomenal)
Abjuration:
shield (horrible)
alarm (way below average)
ward (below average)
privacy (average)
know target (above average)
block teleport (good)
forceshield (impressive)
banish (great)
iron will (magnificent)
minor resistance (incredible)
shelter (fantastic)
lesser globe (unbelievable)
rebound (amazing)
major resistance (stupendous)
talisman of protection (staggering)
bane of protection (wonderful)
seeker (NOT ALLOWED)
globe of invulnerability (NOT ALLOWED)
destructive force (NOT ALLOWED)
Conjuration:
deadspeak (very bad)
mentalmap (below average)
magical mouth (average)
trancing crystal (above average)
disrupt (good)
floating disc (great)
phase armour (magnificent)
wall (superb)
sword (fantastic)
unseen servant (extraordinary)
summon (amazing)
orb of spying (stupendous)
monster summon (stupendous)
conjure food (NOT ALLOWED)
web (NOT ALLOWED)
flame shield (NOT ALLOWED)
poison (NOT ALLOWED)
bladeblast (NOT ALLOWED)
greater summon (NOT ALLOWED)
Enchantment:
light (bad)
detect magic (average)
heroism (above average)
brains (good)
see invisible (great)
deep pockets (magnificent)
stoneskin (magnificent)
rope trick (incredible)
blink (unbelievable)
teleport (amazing)
burning hands (stupendous)
protect (wonderful)
portal (NOT ALLOWED)
haste (NOT ALLOWED)
party teleport (NOT ALLOWED)
bladechange (NOT ALLOWED)
enchant (NOT ALLOWED)
lightning sheath (NOT ALLOWED)
feather weight (NOT ALLOWED)