I'm of a mind to believe that if we have the ability to rain death and chaos from the sky and summon tiny fragments of elemental gods to serve our whims in battle, that creating an illusion around our bodies with various magicks or magicked items isn't such a farfetched idea. There is some lore, however vague that supports it as has been said. And interestingly enough, even mundane(!) professions can create a crystal with a prism and a little bit of whatever component that changes one armor visually into another. This leaves me with an interesting question. Mechanically speaking, you can re-dye glamoured armor if the appearance is dyeable. As Warren wonders, I also have to wonder in an RP sense, when said armor takes damage, does it appear as if the battle damage, smudging, or similar effects appear on the glamoured appearance of the armor, or does it temporarily dissipate when in battle or when it is affected? The bottom line is not whether glamours for the body exist, as several magicks can be used to facilitate this.
The real bottom line is, just how many senses do these little tricks of light and magic effect? I think primarily the ones most people prefer to use affect the senses of sight and touch. Then again, by its own nature, a glamour is not a transformation. Even if a glamour can hide say...ears, the ears will still be there, unless the illusion has a phantasmal effect that affects the mind as well, and convinces someone that the ears are not there, even if you were to touch where they were. And that's just more complex magic. So is a transfiguration a transformation proper? Or does it just hide certain features akin to a polymorph or alter self spell? Another consideration; what school of magic does it fall under, exactly? Do all magic schools have some manner of illusionary sorcery? Or is it limited to more flexible magic schools like Arcanima, whose only real limit is its formulae?
The mind spins with so many possibilities.
The real bottom line is, just how many senses do these little tricks of light and magic effect? I think primarily the ones most people prefer to use affect the senses of sight and touch. Then again, by its own nature, a glamour is not a transformation. Even if a glamour can hide say...ears, the ears will still be there, unless the illusion has a phantasmal effect that affects the mind as well, and convinces someone that the ears are not there, even if you were to touch where they were. And that's just more complex magic. So is a transfiguration a transformation proper? Or does it just hide certain features akin to a polymorph or alter self spell? Another consideration; what school of magic does it fall under, exactly? Do all magic schools have some manner of illusionary sorcery? Or is it limited to more flexible magic schools like Arcanima, whose only real limit is its formulae?
The mind spins with so many possibilities.
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