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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 5827384" data-attributes="member: 32536">You know, it wouldn't be too hard to create a proper "illusionist" that actually had some combat teeth. There is a class concept out there that involves a heavy use of illusion, deception, and trickery. Much like the illusionist, that concept draws most of its inspiration from stage magic born from misdirection and stage tricks, though it works better for D&D as a magic-using class. The Mirror Image spell and its equivalents is one of the most defining abilities in that class's repertoire. The main difference is that this other class, unlike the illusionist, has a large bag of tricks other than just illusion that lets it work great in both combat and non-combat.This class, of course, is the magical ninja of Japanese pop culture, born from over two centuries of Japanese stage magic.I can understand not wanting that particular flavor for your Gnome Illusionist, but it does challenge the idea that you need to force illusion magic into a total non-combat class. Instead, you just need to give the class a heavy dose of physical combat strength and sneakiness (which play better to the illusion school's strengths than fireballs do).</blockquote>