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Illusionist (Mage Kit)

A wizard who specializes in creating illusions to confuse and mislead.

Advantages

  • May memorize one additional spell per level per day.
  • Strong access to Mirror Image, Invisibility, Improved Invisibility, Spook, Phantom Blade, Project Image, Simulacrum, etc.
  • The only specialist kit a gnome may multi-class into — the Fighter/Illusionist combination is unique to gnomes.

Disadvantages

  • Opposed School: Necromancy — may not learn Larloch's Minor Drain, Vampiric Touch, Animate Dead, Skull Trap, Finger of Death, etc.

When to pick it

  • Mirror Image plus Improved Invisibility makes Illusionists exceptionally hard to hit.
  • Project Image and Simulacrum chained together are the foundation of some of the most powerful Mage builds in the game.

Source: bg2ee/original_manuals/baldurs_gate_2_ee_mastering_melee_and_magic.pdf — "Specialist Mages" → "Illusionist".