Phantasms
| Phantasms is an illusion specialization only for mages, which will allow the caster to summon a number of phantasms to do their bidding. Some phantasms allow the caster to steal the thoughts and vision of a target, and others allow them to weave a mirage over their entire demesne. Many of the skills have increased affects when used in their demesne. |
| Skill | Learned At | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Whisper | Master+0% | Phantom whispers startle your opponent off equilibrium. |
| PhantomWall | Master+33% | Entangle your foe with a phantom wall. |
| Phantom | Master+66% | Embed shadowy phantoms into another's mind. |
| FalseVision | Gifted+0% | Send an improved illusion to someone's room from afar. |
| Redmask | Gifted+50% | Let the visage of Lord Fain drain your enemies. |
| Evenblade | Gifted+50% | Let the form of the Even Blade drain your enemies. |
| SeersCandle | Gifted+50% | Let the form of Lord Elostian drain your enemies. |
| CrimsonEye | Gifted+50% | Let the form of Lady Kalikai drain your enemies. |
| Wounds | Expert+0% | Illusory wounds will make damage appear greater than it is. |
| Terrain | Expert+33% | Trick another mage with an illusory terrain. |
| BurningEye | Expert+66% | Burn through illusions with an all-seeing eye. |
| Stalker | Virtuoso+0% | Send a phantom at anyone in your demesne. |
| Claws | Virtuoso+50% | Weave illusory claws to rake your opponent's skin. |
| StolenThoughts | Fabled+0% | Hear what your victim says and hears. |
| PhantomArmour | Fabled+33% | Don a suit of phantom armour. |
| Mirage | Fabled+66% | Weave illusory terrain over your entire demesne. |
| PhantomSphere | Mythical+0% | Ghastly spheres of torture invade your enemies's minds. |
| Reality | Mythical+50% | Altering reality will cause widespread confusion and panic. |
| Phantasmagoria | Transcendent+0% | Decimate all your enemies with phantom stalkers. |
Whisper
| Syntax |
| WEAVE WHISPER <target> |
| Power: 1 (any) |
Whispers from an unseen source confuse and disturb your foe, leading to a loss of equilibrium due to a very disturbed mental state.
PhantomWall
| Syntax |
| WEAVE PHANTOMWALL <direction> |
This will enable you to weave a wall of phantoms that will hinder any movement in that direction. Anyone who moves into it will arrive at their destination, webbed.
Phantom
| Syntax |
| WEAVE PHANTOM <target> |
| Power: 2 (Any) Damage Type: 100% Psychic |
This illusion will only exist in the mind of your opponent. The illusory phantom will give a variety of afflictions of the mind. It will also do some psychic damage to the recipient.
FalseVision
| Syntax |
| WEAVE FALSEVISION <target> <delay> [COLOUR <colour>] <illusion text> |
| Power: 3*number of lines (Any) |
This skill is considered an improvement on an improvement, whereby you are able to send an "improved" illusion to any target's room in your local area. The cost in mana is two mana for each character in the illusion.
RedMask
| Syntax |
| WEAVE REDMASK <target> |
The fury of Lord Fain is unleashed on your target's mental acuity by giving him or her a glimpse of an unimaginable horror.
| Additional Notes: |
| Magnagorans only. |
EvenBlade
| Syntax |
| WEAVE EVENBLADE <target> |
With your intricate knowledge of phantasms, you can conjure an image of the deadly Even Blade to strike at the mental capacity of your foes.
| Additional Notes: |
| Celestians only. |
SeersCandle
| Syntax |
| WEAVE SEERSCANDLE <target> |
With your intricate knowledge of phantasms, you can conjure an image of the deadly Enigma to strike at the mental capacity of your foes.
| Additional Notes: |
| Hallifaxians only. |
CrimsonEye
| Syntax |
| WEAVE CRIMSONEYE <target> |
With your intricate knowledge of phantasms, you can conjure an image of the deadly Crimson Eye to strike at the mental capacity of your foes.
| Additional Notes: |
| Gaudiguchians only. |
Wounds
| Syntax |
| WEAVE WOUNDS <target> |
By creating illusions of wounds upon an opponent, that opponent will think he or she is much more wounded than is actually the case.
Terrain
| Syntax |
| WEAVE TERRAIN <environment> |
You can create an illusory terrain that will mask the true environment of a location.
BurningEye
| Syntax |
| WEAVE BURNINGEYE |
The illusion of a burning eye will hover ominously above your head, seeing all, and helping you see through the deceits that others would weave upon you.
Stalker
| Syntax |
| WEAVE STALKER [<target>] |
| Power: 1 (any) |
This spell is available in two flavours.
The first is available to mages who create demenses. You may send a phantom to stalk anyone in your demense. It will not last as long as the normal phantom illusion.
The second is available to mages who study chemantics. You may summon a stalker to lay in wait about you, which will then plague the next person to be hit by your stratus field/pellucid mist/ferrous fumes/incendiary effluvium. It will not last as long as the normal phantom illusion, once applied to an opponent.
Claws
| Syntax |
| WEAVE CLAWS <target> |
| Power Cost: 3 (any) |
Illusory claws, of a phantom of the most despicable nature, will rake your enemy's body and cause severe bleeding over time.
StolenThoughts
| Syntax |
| WEAVE STOLENTHOUGHTS <target> |
This phantom will allow you to sneak into the ears of your target and hear what is being said at that location.
| Syntax |
| STOLENTHOUGHTS (to turn it on and off) |
PhantomArmour
| Syntax |
| WEAVE PHANTOMARMOUR |
| Damage Modifier: 1/8 psychic resistance |
This phantom is entirely passive, he sits on your body and looks conspicuously like a suit of armour (though you will still be able to wear whatever you please). It does, however, give you a slight increase in resistance to psychic damage, and on top of that, has a slight chance to cause your enemy to black out when you are attacked (with a higher chance if it's psychic damage).
Mirage
| Syntax |
| WEAVE MIRAGE <environment> |
| Power: 1+ (any) |
This handy timesaver will enable you to twist the very fabric of your demesne's reality at once, making it all illusory terrain of your choosing.
Power is determined by dividing the size of the meld in four and adding one to the result.
PhantomSphere
| Syntax |
| WEAVE PHANTOMSPHERE PHANTOMSPHERE LOOK |
| Damage Type: Unblockable Damage Source: None |
The deadly phantom sphere, or sentinel sphere as it is called for its nigh-unyielding ability to keep watch over one's demesne, is an archaic torture device that has the power to kill your enemies. It requires a demesne of at least three rooms. Simply send it to your target's room and command it to attack. It will rest just inside your target's brain, and, on the eighth orb, you will feed it images so terrifying that your victim's heart will simply stop and they will drop dead. There is a chance with each additional sphere that the victim will spontaneously manifest a variety of mental conditions from the ghostly images. The illusion, being made of naught but your will, may also transform into illusory spears to shatter the shields of your enemies at a distance. Detonating the phantom sphere will harm all enemies in your room, doing even more damage to those with phantomspheres already afflicting them.
NOTE: Your phantom sphere will be unable to attack your target if they are in your room.
As well, once your target leaves the demesne, their phantom spheres will quickly dissipate over time, so it is in your best interests to make sure they do not leave... alive.
Reality
| Syntax |
| WEAVE REALITY |
| Power: 5 (Any) |
This powerful illusion will warp reality in the location. Any of your personal enemies at that location will be subjected to a variety of mind-boggling effects.
Phantasmagoria
| Syntax |
| WEAVE PHANTASMAGORIA |
| Power: 1+ (any) (power will increase if more than one enemy to afflict) |
Your knowledge of phantasms is so great that you can now mercilessly send phantom stalkers after all the enemies in your demesne, afflicting their minds. It will increase in power cost depending on how many additional enemies are available to strike.
If you specialise in Chemantics rather than melds, this illusion will cost 5 power and summon a swarm of phantom stalkers that stay with you until your next adjuvant/catalyst/bomb/explosion is triggered, at which point they will seek out all of your affected enemies.