Illusion — Sagor från Valoris

The Illusionist studies the magic of the false and the seeming — light bent into shapes that aren't there, sounds with no source, whole scenes conjured from nothing to deceive the eye and the mind. Where the Evoker overwhelms and the Abjurer defends, the Illusionist simply changes what everyone believes is happening, and lets that belief do the work. It is the most underestimated school in the arcane arts, and, wielded by a true master, quietly one of the most dangerous.

It is the most cunning and deceptive of the wizard schools. An Illusionist casts their fabrications in silence and at great range, splits themselves into life-saving decoys, summons spectral beasts from thin air, and — at the height of their art — reaches into a lie and makes a piece of it real, if only for a moment. A bridge that wasn't there a heartbeat ago now bears an ally's weight across a chasm. To the Illusionist, the line between what is and what merely appears to be was always negotiable.

Tradition Features

Wizard Level	Feature
3rd	Illusion Savant, Improved Illusions
6th	Phantasmal Creatures
10th	Illusory Self
14th	Illusory Reality

3rd Level

Illusion Savant

Deception comes cheaply to you. Add two Illusion spells (each level 2 or lower) to your spellbook for free, and whenever you reach a new tier of spell slots, you can scribe another Illusion spell for free — a growing repertoire of figments and phantasms built at a fraction of a generalist's cost.

3rd Level

Improved Illusions

Your fabrications grow subtler and farther-reaching. You can cast Illusion spells without Verbal components, and any Illusion spell with a range of 10 feet or more gains +60 feet of range. You also gain a supercharged Minor Illusion — creating both a sound and an image at once, and casting it as a Bonus Action — the workhorse trick of any illusionist worth the name.

6th Level

Phantasmal Creatures

You conjure allies from pure illusion. You always have Summon Beast and Summon Fey prepared, and when you cast either you can change its school to Illusion, making the summoned creature spectral. You can even cast the illusory version without a spell slot — at the cost of halving the creature's Hit Points — once per Long Rest each. Phantasms that fight, drawn from nothing.

10th Level

Illusory Self

You keep a spare self between you and death. When a creature hits you with an attack, you can take a Reaction to slip an illusory duplicate into the blow's path — the attack automatically misses, and the decoy dissolves. Once used, you recover it on a Short or Long Rest, or by spending a level 2 or higher spell slot. A fragile wizard's single best insurance policy.

14th Level

Illusory Reality

You reach into a lie and make it true. When you cast an Illusion spell with a slot, you can pick one inanimate, nonmagical object within it and, as a Bonus Action, make that object briefly real — solid, physical, and lasting 1 minute. It can't harm anyone directly, but an illusory bridge that suddenly bears weight, a wall that suddenly stops a charge, or a door that's suddenly there changes everything.