The illusionist has never been a popular class in my gaming experience. In fact, the only illusionist I ever recall rolling up (apart from my current C&C character, Dagodart Stav, whose master Duggenning is depicted above) was near the beginning of my gaming days, when my brother & I had somehow convinced my Dad to make a character for AD&D when we were around 10 & 12. (We had just scored some hex paper and had no idea what to do with it, so we assumed it was the correct paper to use for notes and characters. My Dad, very tolerantly, went along with it. His rolls must have been suitable for an illusionist, because I remember advising him to play a gnome illusionist. I recall nothing else about that session, apart from it being nearly impossible to read anything on the hex paper which had very heavy, dark lines.) (more…)
Swords & Dorkery 