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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9389593" data-attributes="member: 7023840">The Illusionist first shows up in The Strategic Review v. 1 #4, Dragon Magazine #1 & #12, and then in PHB 1e.The Illusionist first appeared as an article in The Strategic Review by Peter Aronson. Basically, Aronson was a fan who really, really liked illusions, and made it a class. He made some errata (very brief) in Dragon #1, and then someone else expanded on it in #12 (Rafael Ovalle). And then it was put into 1e in the PHB by Gygax.....Never to come back.That said, I didn't know that Aronson published a version in  (zine for fans) The Wild Hunt. And I haven't seen the manuscript you just posted before. I'd love to get more details!!!!(The illusionist was one of my favorite classes in 1e, no matter how much Gygax tried to nerf it. I was much more on Aronson's wavelength.)Also- THAT DREAMS SPELL!Three comments-First, WOAH!Second, I think the saves for illusionists and MUs should be reversed.Third, this would make the illusionist a kinda/sorta Incantrix (anti-MU), and would provide a reason for enmity between MUs and illusionists.(ETA- a while back, a did a brief run down on the <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-history-101-origins-of-classes.673131/" target="_blank">origin of all classes in AD&D</a>, including any controversy over who created or appropriated the class.)</blockquote>