Illusion
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The Illusion skill grants the player the ability utilize spells that "charm, conceal, create light, silence, paralyze, command, or affect morale, or aggressiveness" (Elder Scrolls Official Site). The Bravil Mage's Guild specializes in Illusion.
- Governing attribute: Personality
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[edit] Spell effects
[edit] Spells
[edit] Illusion spell merchants and trainers
- Refer to the Spell merchant page.
- Refer to the Trainers page.
[edit] Books that permanently increase the Illusion skill
- Mythic Dawn Commentaries 3
- The Wolf Queen, v 3
- The Argonian Account, Book 3
- Incident in Necrom
- Palla, volume 1
- Mystery of Talara, v 4
[edit] Notes and leveling tips
- Casting simple Light or Night-Eye Spells while exploring towns is an excellent way to train the skill.
- Illusion magic may seem mostly useless, but it has two of the best spells in the game for getting most quests done quickly.
- Invisibility allows the player to move through dungeons rapidly, avoiding hordes of creatures. Additionally, it provides an easy way to leave a fight that is going badly.
- Paralyze is both amusing (try standing at the top of a flight of stairs in a town and send the guards rolling down, or dropping a horse off a mountain) and makes killing the strongest NPC's fairly easy. Even the shortest duration version gives time for several free hits.
- Together with a skilled character (so they are cheap to cast and mana regenerates quickly) they almost constitute an exploit, in much the same way as Chameleon can.
[edit] Leveling text
Apprentice-level text:
- As a new Apprentice of Illusion, you know what is and isn't real, and how to fool the minds of your opponents. You can now cast Apprentice level Illusion spells.
Journeyman-level text:
- As a new Journeyman of Illusion, you know what is and isn't real, and how to fool the minds of your opponents. You can now cast Journeyman level Illusion spells.
Expert-level text:
- As a new Expert of Illusion, you know what is and isn't real, and how to fool the minds of your opponents. You can now cast Expert level Illusion spells.
Master-level text:
- As a new Master of Illusion, you know what is and isn't real, and how to fool the minds of your opponents. You can now cast Master level Illusion spells.
[edit] NPC Dialogue
When your Illusion skill level reaches 70 or higher, NPCs will say to you: "You have the hands of an Illusionist."
[edit] Usefulness
Illusion is considered very useful. One downside to this skill is that most races start with relativly low Personality. Also Mercantile, and Speechcraft are not considered very useful. This makes it very hard to raise your Personality attribute high enough to get the most use out of your magicka. The most useful spells in this skillset are not accessable until journeyman level. Despite all that Illusion is ideal for sneaks, and mages. Chameleon, Invisibility, and Night Eye are great for helping you sneak around in the dark. Silence is good for stopping mages in their tracks. Paralyze is costly but can be a lifesaver for many characters. Light spells will be appreciated by almost any character that hates tromping around in dark dungeons. Illusion is the magic specialty of the Bravil mages guild chapter. Also, if you can get 100% chameleon, you are completely invisible in the game, though enemies can still hear you.
