From: Bruce.McLaren@dalsemi.com (Bruce Mclaren) Date: Mon, 6 Nov 95 10:28:29 CST Subject: Illusion Rules Illusion Spells ________________________________________ These are the spells that let the wizard make what is not appear to be. An illusion has no real substance. Each illusion counts as a spell on, giving -1 to the caster's other spell rolls. Any illusion can be destroyed or dispelled, if an intelligent creature takes a turn to Concentrate and successfully disbelieves it. To disbelieve, the viewer must win a Contest of Skills: his IQ, vs. the appropriate Illusion spell skill of the original caster. The viewer is at +2 if he already knows the illusion to be false, -2 if he wants to believe. A critical success by the viewer will always disbelieve successfully. Note that once disbelieved, the illusion is dispelled only for that viewer, others may still believe the illusion to be real. Once successful at disbelieving, the viewer will see nothing of the illusion, it will completely disappear from his senses. Illusions are magical energies applied directly to the sense nerves of the subject. Because the energy is applied directly but subtly, this is one of the more difficult realms of magic. The subject's own mind will try to make sense of the images, even filling in details the caster might have missed or not known. An illusion is seldom described by all viewers the same way. Of course this is true of reality, too. This is based on GURPS Magic, Steve Jackson (Steve Jackson Games (c) 1990) pgs. 45-47, with additional information from DragonQuest 3rd ed. (TSR (c) 1989) pgs. 42-43 (but the ideas are from the 2nd ed., which is SPI (c) 1982). Basic Illusion Spells Visual Illusion Area Creates an insubstantial visual image. The illusion effects no senses except vision. The touch of any intelligent creature, or any attack, or any spell except Control Illusion, will dispel it. Other things will just go through it. It may move beyond its starting area, or change size or shape up to its maximum size, but the caster must concentrate to do this. Duration: 1 minute. Base Cost: 1 to cast; half that to maintain. Prerequisite: caster must be able to see, and have IQ 11 or better. Audio Illusion Area Creates an insubstantial auditory image. The illusion effects no senses except hearing. Any spell except Control Illusion will dispel it. It may move beyond its starting area, but the caster must concentrate to do this. Duration: 1 minute. Base Cost: 1 to cast; half that to maintain. Prerequisite: caster must be able to hear, and have IQ 11 or better. Olfactory Illusion Area Creates an insubstantial olfactory image. The illusion effects no senses except smell. Any spell except Control Illusion will dispel it. It may move beyond its starting area, but the caster must concentrate to do this. Duration: 1 minute. Base Cost: 1 to cast; half that to maintain. Prerequisite: caster must be able to smell, and have IQ 11 or better. Tactile Illusion Area Creates an insubstantial tactile image. The illusion effects no senses except touch. Any spell except Control Illusion will dispel it. It may move beyond its starting area, but the caster must concentrate to do this. For an illusion to directly cause damage, it must have a tactile component. Illusions can't actually cause damage, but the subject's belief that he has been hurt is often sufficient for the caster's purposes. Damage will accrue, but bones will not break, shock may occur, but the bleeding is only in the subject's mind, etc. If death is indicated by the damage done by an illusion, the subject is merely unconscious. Duration: 1 minute. Base Cost: 1 to cast; half that to maintain. Prerequisite: caster must be able to feel, and have IQ 11 or better. Taste Illusion Area Creates an insubstantial taste image. The illusion effects no senses except taste. Any spell except Control Illusion will dispel it. Duration: 1 minute. Base Cost: 1 to cast; half that to maintain. Prerequisite: caster must be able to taste, and have IQ 11 or better. Advanced Illusion Spells Advanced Illusion spells are combinations of the Basic Illusion spells. These combinations make disbelief more difficult. However these spells require more skill, intelligence, and power. Each Advanced Illusion counts as only a single spell on. Two Sense Illusion Area Creates an insubstantial image of the combination of any two Basic Illusion spells. The same rules apply to the combination as applied to the individual spells. Duration: 1 minute. Base Cost: 2 to cast; half that to maintain. Prerequisite: caster must have both senses being effected, the two Basic Illusion spells being combined, and have IQ 12 or better. Three Sense Illusion Area Creates an insubstantial image of the combination of any three Basic Illusion spells. The same rules apply to the combination as applied to the individual spells. Duration: 1 minute. Base Cost: 3 to cast; half that to maintain. Prerequisite: caster must have all three senses being effected, Magery, Two Sense Illusion, the three Basic Illusion spells being combined, and have IQ 13 or better. Four Sense Illusion (VH) Area Creates an insubstantial image of the combination of any four Basic Illusion spells. The same rules apply to the combination as applied to the individual spells. Duration: 1 minute. Base Cost: 4 to cast; half that to maintain. Prerequisite: caster must have all four senses being effected, Magery, Three Sense Illusion, the four Basic Illusion spells being combined, and have IQ 14 or better. Five Sense Illusion (VH) Area Creates an insubstantial image of the combination of any five Basic Illusion spells. The same rules apply to the combination as applied to the individual spells. Duration: 1 minute. Base Cost: 5 to cast; half that to maintain. Prerequisite: caster must have all five senses being effected, Magery 2, Four Sense Illusion, all five Basic Illusion spells, and have IQ 15 or better. Additional Spells The following spells were also kept in very slightly modified forms. The modifications were slight enough that I fear treading on copyrights to post them. Fill in the details as you like. :) Illusion Shell Illusion Disguise Control Illusion Dispel Illusion Know Illusion Independence