The Illusionist
When you experience a powerful hallucination that opens your mind to the
secret nature of the senses, you are on your way to becoming a powerful
illusionist. The next time you level up, you may choose this move:
Starting Move
! Just My Imagination (INT)
You can make illusions! A basic illusion targets one of the five senses
(sight, sound, feel, taste, or smell) and alters an area about the size of a
human or smaller.
You spend figments to create an illusion. A basic illusion costs one
figment. You have a number of figments equal to your level. When you
dismiss an illusion, you regain what you spent to create it. You may spend
additional figments, if they are available, to enhance your illusion.
Expand the area of alteration:
• Large – about the size of a cart (+1 figment)
• Huge – about the size of a small house (+3 figments)
• Gigantic – about the size of a mansion (+5 figments)
Add one or more senses:
• Sight, sound, feel, taste, or smell (+1 figment each)
When you attempt to create an illusion in a visible, open space,
describe the illusion, spend the figments required to create it and roll+INT.
*On a 10+ you succeed in creating a convincing illusion. *On a 7-9 you
succeed, but choose one.
• It requires more mental effort than you anticipated; spend an extra
figment to maintain it.
• It isn’t very convincing. A clever creature will probably suspect
something is amiss.
• It doesn’t appear exactly how or where you intended. Your GM will
tell you what went wrong.
• It requires all of your attention to maintain it.
Advanced Moves
When you gain the Illusionist’s starting move, the following count as class
moves; you can choose from them when you level up.
! Glamer Shot (INT)
When you touch an object or creature (other than yourself) and call
upon your source of magical power to alter its appearance to
something else similar to its same size and shape, describe your
intended effect and roll+INT. *On a 10+ choose one. *On a 7-9 choose
two.
• You must maintain contact with the target to preserve the effect.
• The effect won’t last very long.
• The effect is distorted or different from what you planned. Your GM
will tell you how.
! Ghostly Sense (WIS)
Your deep understanding of illusions allows you to perceive things that
others cannot. When you concentrate to discern the shimmering traces
of an invisible or incorporeal creature, roll+WIS. *On a 10+ you see it.
*On a 7-9 you see it, but choose one.
• You draw unwanted attention or put yourself in a spot.
• You see only a glimpse of it, just long enough know its current
location.
• It requires all of your attention to concentrate on the creature.
T HE I LLUSIONIST
! Knockoff (CHA)
You can create a convincing show of magic. It looks like a spell; smells
and sounds like a spell; it even tastes like a spell. But it’s a fake! None of
the effects of the spell actually manifest.
When you wave your hands and act as if you were casting a divine or
arcane spell of your choosing, roll+CHA. *On a 10+ it works the way
you planned. *On a 7-9 it works, but choose one.
• The casting backfires in some way and results in an unintended side
effect. Your GM will explain what happens.
• You draw unwanted attention or put yourself in a spot.
• The effect is either more or less powerful than you expected. Take -1
forward as you recover your senses.
! Figmentary Surplus
You have tapped a new source of creativity for your illusions. You now
have your level+INT figments available to spend on illusions.
! Permanent Marker (INT)
When you take time to make an illusion or glamer permanent, spend 1
XP and roll+INT. *On a 10+ it happens. *On a 7-9 it happens, but choose
one.
• It will dissipate once someone discerns its true nature.
• The effort was a great strain on you. Spend one more XP.
• The effect is altered in the process. Your GM will tell you how.
New Illusion Spells
If you have a spellbook, you may choose from any of the following spells
in addition to your other spell options when you level up.
! Magical Aura Level 1 Ongoing
You can make an item appear magical when it is not, or mundane when it
is magical. While you are casting the spell, touch an item and specify how
it will appear. To those who can detect magic, it will be so. This spell does
not change the substance or properties of the item. A suspicious creature
may discover its true nature by examining it closely. This spell lasts until
you dismiss it. While the spell is ongoing, you cannot cast a spell.
! Taste the Rainbow Level 3
When you cast this spell, a curving beam of prismatic light shoots from
your fingers and appears across the sky. At the end of the beam, you’ll
find a pot filled with 1d6 x 100 coins. The coins look real but will turn to
dust within a day of being removed from the pot. The beam fades on its
own over time, but you may also dismiss it early. When the beam is gone,
the pot disappears with it.
! Swapsense Level 5 Ongoing
Point at an item that a creature is holding or wearing. You may replace its
sound, smell, taste or feel with something else of the same type. While this
spell is ongoing, you take -1 to cast a spell.
! Greater Invisibility Level 7 Ongoing
Reach out and touch an ally or an object smaller than yourself. Poof! They
are invisible. The spell persists until you dismiss it. While the spell is
ongoing, you take a -1 to cast a spell.
! Mind Trap Level 9 Ongoing
Walk a wide circle as you cast this spell. The next sentient creature to
enter the circle falls unconscious. Its mind enters an illusionary world of
your design. You retain control over the world and may interact with the
trapped creature through it. Only powerful magic or your dismissal of the
spell will release the creature. While this spell is ongoing you take a -1 to
cast a spell.
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