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Armored Image (Specialist)

Your images are more difﬁ cult to hit.

Prerequisites: 3 levels of illusionist, Wis 12

Beneﬁ ts: Any of your illusion effects that have an ACt,

such as the mirror image spell or the nightwalker’s shadow

puppet ability, add your Wisdom bonus to their AC.

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Table 1: New Feats

Feat

Prerequisites

Armored Image

3 levels of illusionist, Wis 12

Distraction *

1 level of illusionist

Façade *

5 levels of illusionist, Cha 12

The illusionist specialist wizard has been transformed

into its own 20-level base class. The standard wizard found

in the PHB remains the typical, universal wizard base class.

Forbidden Lore *

1 level of any specialist wizard

class, Int 12

Improved Haze *

1 level of illusionist, Int 12

Specialists and Multi-Classing

Specialists cannot multi-class with other specialist wizard

classes of schools prohibited by any current specialist wiz-

ard classes. Furthermore, if the character later multi-classes

into any other spellcasting classes, be they divine or arcane

in nature, spells from prohibited schools remain beyond the

character’s ability to learn.

Iron Veil *

5 levels of illusionist, Wis 12

Sense Illusion

Search 8 ranks, Spot 8 ranks,

Int 12

Specialist Familiar *

4 levels of any single specialist

wizard class, Charisma 14+

Uncompromising Sight

Spot 6 ranks

* This is a Specialist feat

Distraction (Specialist)

You are able to feign reality to momentarily draw atten-

tion away from yourself.

New Feats

Along with the new feats to be found in this section, also

introduced is an entirely new category of feats. Specialist

feats are only available to specialist wizards, and most only

to a speciﬁ c type of specialist.

New Feats

Prerequisites: 1 level of illusionist

Beneﬁ ts: By sacriﬁ cing a 0-level illusion spell as a free

action, you force anyone within 5 feet of you (be they friend

or foe) to make a DC (10 + Int modiﬁ er) Disbelief saving

throw. This DC increases by +1 for every 3 illusionist lev-

els you possess. Anyone who fails has their attention brieﬂ y

distracted by the spell’s altered effects, imposing a −1 pen-

alty to all attack, skill and Reﬂ ex saving throw rolls for the

rest of the round (or during their action in the next round if

they’ve already acted during the current round.)

your specialty.

Prerequisites: 4 levels of any single specialist wizard

class, Charisma 14+

Beneﬁ ts: Your familiar gains the following abilities, as

beﬁ tting your specialty wizard class:

● Illusionist : The familiar can camouﬂ age itself as a free

action, granting a +4 bonus to Hide checks. This effect lasts

for as long as the familiar remains conscious.

Each time this feat is used, you must declare if the dis-

traction will be a sound or vision. Facing is irrelevant as

the effect will work on anyone within 5 feet, regardless, but

creatures unable to sense the chosen effect are immune.

Uncompromising Sight (General)

You are not fooled as easily as most others by illusions.

Façade (Specialist)

You are better able to work illusions upon yourself.

Prerequisites: Spot 6 ranks

Beneﬁ ts: You gain a +4 bonus to Disbelief rolls.

Prerequisites: 1 level of illusionist, Cha 12

Beneﬁ ts: Any illusion spell targeting yourself increases

its Disbelief saving throw DC by your Charisma bonus.

The Illusionist Core Class

Illusionists tend to be an odd bunch because they prefer

the impression of effect rather than actually bringing about

that effect. Given half the chance, most illusionists will talk

your ear off for hours on end about the perception of reality

rather than existence being reality’s true foundation. After

all, they might argue, is the belief in something being real any

different than that something actually existing? Yeah, and

illusionists are surprised that most other spellcasters view

them as buffoons and tricksters. Even wizards and other

specialists can’t deny the legitimacy of studying illusion,

however, considering most employ it (if not to the same de-

gree) in some fashion.

Forbidden Lore (Specialist)

You know a spell that you, as a specialist, should not.

Prerequisites: 1 level of any specialist wizard class, Int

12+

Beneﬁ ts: You can learn one spell of your prohibited mag-

ic school, to a maximum spell level equal to your Intelligence

bonus.

Improved Haze (Specialist)

Your haze ability is more effective than normal.

Prerequisites: 1 level of illusionist, Int 12

Adventures

While gallivanting on some adventure or other (which

they may undertake in search of fun as much as anything

else), illusionists tend to react rather than acting ﬁ rst be-

cause so many of their spells rely upon examining a situa-

tion before being able to use their powers to best effect. For

instance, upon hearing a sound around the corner, creating

an illusory pack of orcs simply won’t have the same effect if

the sound’s source is an actual orcish horde. Waiting, how-

ever, allows for the creation of something that would strike

fear into the orcs, such as a club swinging ogre or two. This

isn’t to say illusionists aren’t proactive. An ambush or trap is

well aided by a carefully crafted illusion to help conceal it.

Beneﬁ ts: You increase the Spot penalty imposed by

haze by an amount equal to your Int bonus. For example, a

Intelligence of 14 would increase a haze penalty of –2 to –4.

Iron Veil (Specialist)

You are better able to work illusions upon others.

Prerequisites: 5 levels of illusionist, Wis 12

Beneﬁ ts: Any ﬁ gment or glamer spell directly targeting

another object or person in order to mask the way others

perceive it increases its Disbelief saving throw DC by your

Wisdom bonus.

Characteristics

Almost certainly of even greater importance to an illu-

sionist than their spells is their imagination―what good is

the ability to fake reality if you’re too dull and dry to make

it convincing? How best to employ illusions comes from

experimenting and getting creative, which tends to make

these specialist incredibly artistic and fun-loving. In fact,

one of the few things they have a habit of pushing farther

than the imagination they enact through their illusions is the

wildness that often manifests in their ﬂ amboyant lifestyle,

clothes and personalities.

Sense Illusion (General)

You have an innate sense about what is real and what is

illusion.

Prerequisites: Search 8 ranks, Spot 8 ranks, Int 12

Beneﬁ ts: Having line of sight to and passing within (Int

bonus x 5 feet) of an illusion allows you to make a DC (15 +

illusion’s spell level) Spot check as a free action. Success al-

lows you to make a Disbelief saving throw without having

to ﬁ rst interact with or study the illusion.

Specialist Familiar (Specialist)

Your familiar is altered into a creature more suited to

Although illusionists are rarely lacking for friends con-

sidering their general affability and outgoing personalities,

many still choose to call familiars. An illusionist’s familiar

is only rarely lacking in the same colorful showiness their

masters are likely to display, meaning most will have inter-

esting personalities all their own and enjoy being covered in

ornaments, dyes and similar decorations.

ally foster such behavior. Considering the personality types

the illusionist specialty tends to attract, it’s quite amazing

that any of them have the self-discipline that’s still required

to learn magic in the ﬁ rst place.

Races

Alignment

Gnomes count more illusionists amongst their kind than

any other race combined because the exploration of percep-

tion and reality suits their inquisitive, explorer’s nature.

Dwarves and half-orcs easily having the fewest; illusion

doesn’t suit a dwarf’s practical nature whereas half-orcs

aren’t inclined to a magic that can’t directly maim or kill.

Elven illusionists are more likely to be artists than anything

else and are very common amongst most of their kind, earn-

ing a fame that is rare amongst most other races. They use

their magic to create the sort of realistic transience that nor-

mally seems so alien to their long lives. Halﬂ ing illusionists,

on the other hand, are the epitome of the illusionist prank-

ster and are probably the most exuberant and fun-loving of

them all.

Other Classes

Whether good, neutral or evil, most illusionists are cha-

otic (big surprise considering their personalities.) They are

inclined not to accept the world laid out before them as is

and are predisposed to not allowing others to set boundaries

on how they interact with and perceive their environment. A

good illusionist is about as cheerful and friendly a person as

you’re ever likely to meet, whereas one that is evil will ﬁ nd

great enjoyment in fooling others towards foul purposes.

Religion

As a whole, illusionists are among the specialists most

likely to show a good deal of piety because their whole ap-

proach to spellcraft is creating the impression of reality from

that which holds no mortal substance. Deities of trickery,

humor and fate are especially appealing to illusionists.

Illusionists tend to work best with other classes that pre-

fer subtlety over the ham-ﬁ sted approach. Rogues and bards

are especially well-suited to work alongside illusionists,

whereas barbarians and ﬁ ghters see the indirect approach

as cowardly or ineffective, making them unlikely allies of

these specialists.

Background

Illusionists are likely to be people who had a difﬁ cult

time dealing with the regulations of their culture. This means

many are just as likely to be well known pranksters or an-

archists as they are artists. Of course, they prefer to refer to

themselves as freethinkers, especially in cultures that actu-

Table 2: The Illusionist

——–——————— Spells per Day —–———————

Base

Attack

Bonus

Fort

Save

Ref

Save

Will

Save

Level

Special

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th

1st

Summon familiar

3 1 ————————

4 2 ————————

2nd

Bonus feat

3rd

Bonus spell

4 2 1 ———————

4th

4 3 2 ———————

Haze – 1

——————

5th

6th

Clear vision +1

——————

7th

—————

8th

Bonus spell

—————

9th

Bonus feat

————

10th

Haze – 2

————

11th

Bonus spell

———

12th

+6/+1

Clear vision +2

———

13th

+6/+1

Bonus spell

——

14th

+7/+2

——

15th

+7/+2

Haze – 3

—

16th

+8/+3

+10

Bonus spell

—

17th

+8/+3

+10

Bonus feat

18th

+9/+4

+11

Clear vision +3

19th

+9/+4

+11

Bonus spell

20th

+10/+5

+12

Haze – 4

and prepare his spells ahead of time (see below.)

Role

To learn, prepare, or cast a spell, the illusionist must have

an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The

Difﬁ culty Class for a saving throw against an illusionist’s

spell is 10 + the spell level + the illusionist’s Intelligence

modiﬁ er.

Because of his specialty, an illusionist’s role will be lim-

ited to creative application more than either practical utility

or actual manipulation. Their abilities require a lot of cre-

ativity to be used offensively, and so how much help an il-

lusionist can offer during a conﬂ ict greatly depends on their

surroundings. Knowing how best to use what is on hand

is the mark of a great illusionist and will deﬁ ne their place

amongst others.

Like other spellcasters, an illusionist can cast only a cer-

tain number of spells of each spell level per day. His base

daily spell allotment is given on Table 2: The Illusionist . In

addition, he receives bonus spells per day if he has a high

Intelligence score, as does a wizard.

Unlike a bard or sorcerer, an illusionist may know any

number of spells. He must choose and prepare his spells

ahead of time by getting a good night’s sleep and spending

1 hour studying his spellbook. While studying, the illusion-

ist decides which spells to prepare.

Game Rule Information

Illusionists have the following game statistics.

Abilities: As with wizards, Intelligence determines the

strength of an illusionist’s spells, how many he can cast, and

how difﬁ cult it is to resist those spells’ effects.

Alignment: Any.

Bonus Languages

An illusionist may substitute Draconic for one of the bo-

nus languages available to the character because of his race.

Hit Die: d4.

Class Skills

The illusionist’s class skills (and the key ability for

each skill) are Bluff (Cha), Concentration (Con), Craft

(Int), Decipher Script (Int), Disguise (Cha), Hide (Dex),

Knowledge (all skills, taken individually) (Int), Listen (Wis),

Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), and

Spellcraft (Int.)

Summon Familiar

An illusionist can obtain a familiar in exactly the same

manner as a sorcerer can. See the sorcerer description and

the information on Familiars in the PHB for details.

Bonus Spell

At levels 3, 8, 11, 13, 16 and 19 the character selects an

Illusion spell level that he is able to cast and he gains an

additional spell per day of that level. This ability can be ap-

plied to spell levels that have previously beneﬁ ted from in-

stance of Bonus Spell. The spell level selection can vary with

each new memorization of spells.

Skill Points at 1st Level: (2 + Int modiﬁ er) x4.

Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modiﬁ er.

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the illusionist.

Bonus Feats

At levels 2, 9 and 17, an illusionist gains a bonus feat. At

each such opportunity, he can choose a metamagic feat, an

item creation feat, a specialist feat, or Alertness, Deceitful,

Spell Focus (illusion), Spell Mastery or Stealthy. The illu-

sionist must still meet all prerequisites for a bonus feat, in-

cluding caster level minimums.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Illusionists are proﬁ cient with the club, dagger, rapier,

light crossbow, and quarterstaff, but not with any type of ar-

mor or shield. Armor of any type interferes with an illusion-

ist’s movements, which can cause his spells with somatic

components to fail.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Illusion Specialization

An illusionist gains a +2 bonus on Spellcraft checks

to learn Illusion spells. At this time, he must also give up

two other schools of magic, which become his prohibited

schools.

These bonus feats are in addition to the feat that a charac-

ter of any class gets from advancing levels. The illusionist is

not limited to the categories of item creation feats, metamag-

ic feats, or Spell Mastery when choosing these feats.

Haze (Su)

It is much more difﬁ cult to notice or clearly focus one’s

interest upon a 5th-level illusionist, imposing a –1 penalty

to Spot checks against the character. This penalty applies in

all situations, including when trying to see through an illu-

sion that allows for such a roll or even a common disguise,

even if the illusionist isn’t actively trying to avoid the spot

or maintain a façade.

An illusionist can never give up divination to fulﬁ ll this

requirement.

Spells of the prohibited schools are not available to the

illusionist, and he can’t even cast such spells from scrolls or

ﬁ re them from wands. He may not change his prohibited

schools later.

Spells

An illusionist casts arcane spells which are drawn from

the sorcerer/wizard spell list. An illusionist must choose

At level 10 this penalty increases to –2 and again to –3 at

level 15 and –4 at level 20.

Clear Vision (Ex)

A 6th-level illusionist is better able to see through illu-

sions, granting a +1 bonus while making Disbelief saves.

This bonus increases further by +1 at levels 12 and 18.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

A nightwalker is proﬁ cient with simple and martial

weapons, and with shields (except tower shields) and light

armor.

Spellbooks

An illusionist must study his spellbook each day to pre-

pare his spells. He cannot prepare any spell not recorded in

his spellbook, except for ghost sound or read magic , which all

illusionist s can prepare from memory.

An illusionist begins play with a spellbook containing

all 0-level wizard spells (except those from his prohibited

school or schools) plus three 1st-level spells of your choice.

For each point of Intelligence bonus the illusionist has, the

spellbook holds one additional 1st-level spell of your choice.

At each new illusionist level, he gains two new spells of any

spell level or levels that he can cast (based on his new il-

lusionist level) for his spellbook. At any time, an illusionist

can also add spells found in other wizard’s spellbooks to his

own.

Spellbooks

Shadow Puppet (Sp)

1 + his Charisma modiﬁ er (minimum of 1) per day, a

nightwalker can create a false image of himself that acts as

though created by casting major image , although it will ap-

pear identical to the nightwalker’s current appearance. This

appearance cannot be altered in any way except by altering

the nightwalker himself. So, to disguise the projected im-

age the nightwalker would need to be wearing a disguise.

Similarly, any damage the nightwalker suffers will appear,

as if from nowhere, on the projected image.

Duration is (nightwalker level + Int modiﬁ er) rounds

(minimum of 1 round) and can be dismissed at any time

as a free action. The image will stand still for that duration,

requiring a DC 10 Concentration check as a free action to

do something simple, like move. Complex actions, such as

speech with appropriate mannerisms or dancing requires a

DC 15 (or higher) Concentration check with each action. If

being used while the nightwalker is involved in combat or

spellcasting, increase the Concentration DC to control the

image by +4 and/or also by +2 if also using the nightwalk-

ing ability in that round (see following.) Events that other-

wise cause a spellcaster to make a Concentration check are

also needed at that same DC while manipulating a shadow

puppet image. If the Concentration check fails the project-

ed image does not disappear, however, but becomes im-

Shadow Puppet (Sp)

The Nightwalker PrC

Whether acting as a burglar, cutpurse or assassin, the

nightwalker’s strengths are found in combining the stealth

and guile of the rogue with the illusionist’s penchant for dis-

traction and misdirection. A nightwalker excels at making

guards look anywhere but where they should be and getting

into the darkest, most secured locations.

The Nightwalker PrC

Hit Die: d6.

Requirements

To qualify to become a nightwalker, a character must ful-

ﬁ ll all the following criteria.

Skills: Disguise 4 ranks, Hide 8 ranks, Move Silently 8

ranks

Feats: Façade, Stealthy

Spells: Minor image, mirror image

Class Skills

The nightwalker’s class skills (and the key ability for

each skill) are Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str),

Concentration (Con), Decipher Script (Int), Disguise

(Cha), Hide (Dex), Knowledge (Arcana) (Int), Knowledge

(Dungeoneering) (Int), Knowledge (Local) (Int), Listen

(Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Open Lock (Dex), Profession

(Wis), Search (Int), Spellcraft (Int), and Spot (Wis.)

Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modiﬁ er.

Class Features

All the following are class features of the nightwalker

prestige class.

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