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# Illusionist

There is great importance in being able to trust your own senses and the veracity of your own perception. Illusionists rob their foes of this certainty, manipulating how they perceive reality down to the tiniest details.

**Class Type:** Control

**Hit Points:**  8 Hit Points

**Proficiencies:** None

**Attack Bonus:**  1/2

**Highest Save:**  Will

## Ratings

**Damage:** 2

**Defense:**  0

**Support:**  0

**Control:**  10

## Class Abilities

**Level 1:** Prismatic Bolt, Anima Barrier

**Level 2:** Muffle, Burden, Protection from Elements, Cosmic Ward

**Level 3:** Hallucination, Spectral Wounds

**Level 4:** Bewilder

**Level 5:** Extend, Backfire

**Level 6:** Dreadmantle

**Level 7:** Baffle

**Level 8:** Paralyze

**Level 9:** Greater Hallucination

**Level 10:** Web of Agony

## Ability Details

#### Prismatic Bolt

     Launch a bolt of overwhelming light, dealing 75 magic damage to target enemy.

#### Anima Barrier

**Type:** Buff

**Anima Cost:** 1

      Target creature gains +4 Armour bonus. Does not stack with higher armour bonuses.

#### Muffle

**Type:** Control

**Anima Cost:** 2

**Focus Item:** Purple Alchemite

      Cause the target to forget how to speak, silencing them and preventing ability usage for the duration.

#### Burden

**Type:** Control

**Anima Cost:** 3

**Focus Item:**  Purple Alchemite

      Enemies caught in the area are distracted by burdensome thoughts and slowed by 50% for the duration.

#### Protection from Elements

**Type:** Buff

**Anima Cost:** 3

      The target gains 20 damage reduction against all elemental damage. The spell ends after absorbing damage equal to 10 times your highest Ability Modifier.

*Elemental damage includes fire, cold, electric, acid, and sonic.*

#### Cosmic Ward

**Type:** Buff

**Anima Cost:** 3

      The target gains 20 damage reduction against all cosmic damage. The spell ends after absorbing damage equal to 10 times your highest Ability Modifier.

*Cosmic damage includes holy, positive, negative, and magical.*

#### Hallucination

**Type:** Invocation

**Anima Cost:**  10

**Focus Item:**  Biotic Alchemite

      Conjure a creature from the minds of your foes. Though short lived, the hallucination damages and pulls in nearby enemies to protect the Illusionist.

#### Spectral Wounds

**Type:** Occult

**Anima Cost:** 4

**Focus Item:**  Purple Alchemite

      Tear into the minds of a group of enemies, dealing 125 magic damage in the area.  However, after the duration ends, affected enemies realize their pain is imagined and are healed for the same amount. Duration modifiers cause the healing effect to activate later.
*This ability costs half as much Anima as an equally damaging ability of the same type.*

#### Bewilder

**Type:** Control

**Anima Cost:** 4

**Focus Item:**  Purple Alchemite

      Warp the spectrums of light and send them cascading toward enemies. Enemies caught in the area are either stunned, slowed, or blinded for the duration.

#### Extend

      Abilities with durations last 25% longer.

#### Backfire

**Type:** Occult

**Anima Cost:** 5

**Focus Item:**  Purple Alchemite

      Cause the mind and motor skills of your target to become unstable. The target's next ability causes them to explode for 220 magic damage and stun them for two seconds.

#### Dreadmantle

**Type:** Buff, Control

**Anima Cost:**  6

**Focus Item:**  Purple Alchemite

      Envelop an ally in a cloud of whispers, screams, and horrible images. A random enemy near target ally is feared every three seconds.

#### Baffle

**Type:** Control

**Anima Cost:**  8

**Focus Item:**  Purple Alchemite

      A dizzying explosion of lights and sounds disorients a group of enemies, blinding and deafening them for the duration.

#### Paralyze

**Type:** Control

**Anima Cost:**  7

**Focus Item:**  Purple Alchemite

      Lock down a group of enemies causing them to be paralyzed and lose most of their defenses for the duration.

#### Greater Hallucination

**Type:** Invocation

**Anima Cost:**  20

**Focus Item:**  Biotic Alchemite

      Conjure a large hallucination made of the subconscious baggage of nearby creatures. The hallucination uses several Illusionist abilities.

#### Web of Agony

**Type:** Occult, Control

**Anima Cost:**  9

**Focus Item:**  Purple Alchemite

      Twist the thoughts and emotions of your victims, causing 100 magic damage and silencing them for the duration.