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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 7015769" data-attributes="member: 2067">Flavor-wise, phantasms are creations of the target's mind, not images created in space. So the illusionist can use this to her advantage - the target's mind will fill in gaps and make assumptions that are in line with the created effect being real. It's not like the illusionist is making the illusion say something, it's like the illusionist is saying, &quot;get this concept across&quot; and the target's mind shows the target what the concept would look like from the target's perspective. So, it relies on the target's sense of what's possible, not the illusionist's. That's part of why they're just single-target.This is contrasted with the &quot;image&quot; spells which are essentially creations of light and magical force that everyone can see/hear/smell/etc. (as the spell entails). Those don't exist in the target's mind, they exist in space, and are just deceptive images. A phantasm is closer to a charm - it changes your perception of what is real.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 7015769, member: 2067"] Flavor-wise, phantasms are creations [I]of the target's mind[/I], not images created in space. So the illusionist can use this to her advantage - the target's mind will fill in gaps and make assumptions that are in line with the created effect being real. It's not like the illusionist is making the illusion say something, it's like the illusionist is saying, "get this concept across" and the target's mind shows the target what the concept would look like from the target's perspective. So, it relies on the [I]target's[/I] sense of what's possible, not the [I]illusionist's[/I]. That's part of why they're just single-target. This is contrasted with the "image" spells which are essentially creations of light and magical force that everyone can see/hear/smell/etc. (as the spell entails). Those don't exist in the target's mind, they exist in space, and are just deceptive images. A phantasm is closer to a charm - it changes your perception of what is real. [/QUOTE]

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