Illusion
- Kind
- Subclass
- Hit points at level 1
- 6 + Constitution modifier
- Hit die
- d6
- Primary ability
- Intelligence
- Spells
- Prepared from the class list
You specialise in unravelling and restitching the fabric of reality to fool the unwary, the gullible, and the monstrous. Learning Illusion spells from scrolls only costs you 25g per spell level, not 50.
Level progression
What this subclass adds at each Wizard level, from the game's progression table: what you get, what you choose.
- Level 2Improved Minor Illusion
You can cast Minor Illusion as a bonus action.
Grants Improved Minor Illusion
Learn 2 spellsBurning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt
Illusion savant: copying illusion spells costs half
- Level 3Learn 2 spells
Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt
- Level 4Learn 1 spell
Acid Splash, Booming Blade, Bursting Sinew, Bone Chill, Fire Bolt, Poison Spray, Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Blade Ward, Friends, Dancing Lights, Light, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Toll the Dead, True Strike
Learn 2 spellsArcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt
- Level 5Learn 2 spells
Animate Dead, Bestow Curse, Blink, Counterspell, Fear, Feign Death, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Glyph of Warding, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Remove Curse, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Vampiric Touch, Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt
- Level 6Gains a spellLearn 2 spells
Animate Dead, Bestow Curse, Blink, Counterspell, Fear, Feign Death, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Glyph of Warding, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Remove Curse, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Vampiric Touch, Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt
- Level 7Learn 2 spells
Banishment, Blight, Confusion, Conjure Minor Elemental, Dimension Door, Evard's Black Tentacles, Fire Shield, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Otiluke's Resilient Sphere, Phantasmal Killer, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Wall of Fire, Animate Dead, Bestow Curse, Blink, Counterspell, Fear, Feign Death, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Glyph of Warding, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Remove Curse, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Vampiric Touch, Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt
- Level 8Learn 2 spells
Banishment, Blight, Confusion, Conjure Minor Elemental, Dimension Door, Evard's Black Tentacles, Fire Shield, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Otiluke's Resilient Sphere, Phantasmal Killer, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Wall of Fire, Animate Dead, Bestow Curse, Blink, Counterspell, Fear, Feign Death, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Glyph of Warding, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Remove Curse, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Vampiric Touch, Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt
- Level 9Learn 2 spells
Cloudkill, Cone of Cold, Conjure Elemental, Dominate Person, Hold Monster, Planar Binding, Seeming, Telekinesis, Wall of Stone, Banishment, Blight, Confusion, Conjure Minor Elemental, Dimension Door, Evard's Black Tentacles, Fire Shield, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Otiluke's Resilient Sphere, Phantasmal Killer, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Wall of Fire, Animate Dead, Bestow Curse, Blink, Counterspell, Fear, Feign Death, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Glyph of Warding, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Remove Curse, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Vampiric Touch, Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt
- Level 10Illusory Self
You can magically fashion an illusory duplicate of yourself when attacked, causing your foe to automatically miss that attack.
Grants the reaction Illusory Self
Learn 1 spellAcid Splash, Booming Blade, Bursting Sinew, Bone Chill, Fire Bolt, Poison Spray, Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Blade Ward, Friends, Dancing Lights, Light, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Toll the Dead, True Strike
Learn 2 spellsCloudkill, Cone of Cold, Conjure Elemental, Dominate Person, Hold Monster, Planar Binding, Seeming, Telekinesis, Wall of Stone, Banishment, Blight, Confusion, Conjure Minor Elemental, Dimension Door, Evard's Black Tentacles, Fire Shield, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Otiluke's Resilient Sphere, Phantasmal Killer, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Wall of Fire, Animate Dead, Bestow Curse, Blink, Counterspell, Fear, Feign Death, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Glyph of Warding, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Remove Curse, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Vampiric Touch, Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt
- Level 11Learn 2 spells
Arcane Gate, Chain Lightning, Circle of Death, Create Undead, Disintegrate, Eyebite, Flesh to Stone, Globe of Invulnerability, Otiluke's Freezing Sphere, Otto's Irresistible Dance, Sunbeam, Wall of Ice, Cloudkill, Cone of Cold, Conjure Elemental, Dominate Person, Hold Monster, Planar Binding, Seeming, Telekinesis, Wall of Stone, Banishment, Blight, Confusion, Conjure Minor Elemental, Dimension Door, Evard's Black Tentacles, Fire Shield, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Otiluke's Resilient Sphere, Phantasmal Killer, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Wall of Fire, Animate Dead, Bestow Curse, Blink, Counterspell, Fear, Feign Death, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Glyph of Warding, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Remove Curse, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Vampiric Touch, Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt
- Level 12Learn 2 spells
Arcane Gate, Chain Lightning, Circle of Death, Create Undead, Disintegrate, Eyebite, Flesh to Stone, Globe of Invulnerability, Otiluke's Freezing Sphere, Otto's Irresistible Dance, Sunbeam, Wall of Ice, Cloudkill, Cone of Cold, Conjure Elemental, Dominate Person, Hold Monster, Planar Binding, Seeming, Telekinesis, Wall of Stone, Banishment, Blight, Confusion, Conjure Minor Elemental, Dimension Door, Evard's Black Tentacles, Fire Shield, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Otiluke's Resilient Sphere, Phantasmal Killer, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Wall of Fire, Animate Dead, Bestow Curse, Blink, Counterspell, Fear, Feign Death, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Glyph of Warding, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Remove Curse, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Vampiric Touch, Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt
Subclass of
Spells 120
Always known or prepared
Can pick
Acid Splash · Cantrip, from level 4
Blade Ward · Cantrip, from level 4
Bone Chill · Cantrip, from level 4- Bursting Sinew · Cantrip, from level 4
Dancing Lights · Cantrip, from level 4
Fire Bolt · Cantrip, from level 4
Friends · Cantrip, from level 4
Light · Cantrip, from level 4
Mage Hand · Cantrip, from level 4
Minor Illusion · Cantrip, from level 4
Poison Spray · Cantrip, from level 4
Ray of Frost · Cantrip, from level 4
Shocking Grasp · Cantrip, from level 4- Toll the Dead · Cantrip, from level 4
True Strike · Cantrip, from level 4
Burning Hands · Level 1, from level 2
Charm Person · Level 1, from level 2
Chromatic Orb · Level 1, from level 2
Colour Spray · Level 1, from level 2
Disguise Self · Level 1, from level 2
Enhance Leap · Level 1, from level 2
Expeditious Retreat · Level 1, from level 2
False Life · Level 1, from level 2
Feather Fall · Level 1, from level 2
Find Familiar · Level 1, from level 2
Fog Cloud · Level 1, from level 2
Grease · Level 1, from level 2
Ice Knife · Level 1, from level 2
Longstrider · Level 1, from level 2
Mage Armour · Level 1, from level 2
Magic Missile · Level 1, from level 2
Protection from Evil and Good · Level 1, from level 2
Ray of Sickness · Level 1, from level 2
Shield · Level 1, from level 2
Sleep · Level 1, from level 2
Tasha's Hideous Laughter · Level 1, from level 2
Thunderwave · Level 1, from level 2
Witch Bolt · Level 1, from level 2
Arcane Lock · Level 2, from level 3
Blindness · Level 2, from level 3
Blur · Level 2, from level 3
Cloud of Daggers · Level 2, from level 3
Crown of Madness · Level 2, from level 3
Darkness · Level 2, from level 3
Darkvision · Level 2, from level 3
Detect Thoughts · Level 2, from level 3
Enlarge/Reduce · Level 2, from level 3
Flaming Sphere · Level 2, from level 3
Gust of Wind · Level 2, from level 3
Hold Person · Level 2, from level 3
Invisibility · Level 2, from level 3
Knock · Level 2, from level 3
Magic Weapon · Level 2, from level 3
Melf's Acid Arrow · Level 2, from level 3
Mirror Image · Level 2, from level 3
Misty Step · Level 2, from level 3
Phantasmal Force · Level 2, from level 3
Ray of Enfeeblement · Level 2, from level 3
Scorching Ray · Level 2, from level 3
See Invisibility · Level 2, from level 3
See Invisibility · Level 2, from level 3
Shadow Blade · Level 2, from level 3
Shatter · Level 2, from level 3
Web · Level 2, from level 3
Animate Dead · Level 3, from level 5
Bestow Curse · Level 3, from level 5
Blink · Level 3, from level 5
Counterspell · Level 3, from level 5
Fear · Level 3, from level 5
Feign Death · Level 3, from level 5
Fireball · Level 3, from level 5
Gaseous Form · Level 3, from level 5
Glyph of Warding · Level 3, from level 5
Grant Flight · Level 3, from level 5
Haste · Level 3, from level 5
Hypnotic Pattern · Level 3, from level 5
Lightning Bolt · Level 3, from level 5
Protection from Energy · Level 3, from level 5
Remove Curse · Level 3, from level 5
Sleet Storm · Level 3, from level 5
Slow · Level 3, from level 5
Stinking Cloud · Level 3, from level 5
Vampiric Touch · Level 3, from level 5
Banishment · Level 4, from level 7
Blight · Level 4, from level 7
Confusion · Level 4, from level 7
Conjure Minor Elemental · Level 4, from level 7
Dimension Door · Level 4, from level 7
Evard's Black Tentacles · Level 4, from level 7
Fire Shield · Level 4, from level 7
Greater Invisibility · Level 4, from level 7
Ice Storm · Level 4, from level 7
Otiluke's Resilient Sphere · Level 4, from level 7
Phantasmal Killer · Level 4, from level 7
Polymorph · Level 4, from level 7
Stoneskin · Level 4, from level 7
Wall of Fire · Level 4, from level 7
Cloudkill · Level 5, from level 9
Cone of Cold · Level 5, from level 9
Conjure Elemental · Level 5, from level 9
Dominate Person · Level 5, from level 9
Hold Monster · Level 5, from level 9
Planar Binding · Level 5, from level 9
Seeming · Level 5, from level 9
Telekinesis · Level 5, from level 9
Wall of Stone · Level 5, from level 9
Arcane Gate · Level 6, from level 11
Chain Lightning · Level 6, from level 11
Circle of Death · Level 6, from level 11
Create Undead · Level 6, from level 11
Disintegrate · Level 6, from level 11
Eyebite · Level 6, from level 11
Flesh to Stone · Level 6, from level 11
Globe of Invulnerability · Level 6, from level 11
Otiluke's Freezing Sphere · Level 6, from level 11
Otto's Irresistible Dance · Level 6, from level 11
Sunbeam · Level 6, from level 11
Wall of Ice · Level 6, from level 11- Booming Blade · Action, from level 4