Glamour (Environment)

Glamour is the specialized application of Illusionism focused on personal disguise, aesthetic alteration, and subtly deceiving the senses of others regarding the caster's appearance or nature.
Classification: Specialization Parent School: Illusionism

Technique Glyph Doctrine

Doctrine Pair: Faden + Anker

Glamour emphasizes persistent sensory framing, disguise continuity, and social scene control.

Fictional Permission

When you hold Glamour in your Grimoire, you have specific fictional positioning.

Glamour CAN:

• Completely alter the visual, auditory, and olfactory presentation of a target (Birg, Tarn).
• Be layered with Conjuration to provide physical, tactile feedback to a disguise.
• Be cast over willing allies or objects (e.g., making a sword look like a walking stick).

Glamour CANNOT:

• Actually change the physical structure of the target (that requires Transformation or Alteration). If a human casts a glamour to look like a dwarf, they are still physically tall and will bump their head on low ceilings.
• Prevent a target from disbelieving the illusion. Disbelieving an optical glamour does nothing—the image is physically constructed of light and sound. It must be dispelled or physically disrupted.

The Core Matrix

This specialization's live-casting access follows its Technique Glyph doctrine.

Geometric Scaling (Mana Track Box Costs)

When determining the cost of a spell, the GM uses this scale. Each example uses live notation: Intent -> School -> Glyph -> Scale -> Tags.

• Trivial (0 Ticks): Tiny static figment. Show harmless illusory mote -> Illusionism -> Faden+Schleier -> trivial effect, near range, fist volume, brief
• Regular (1 Tick): Bend light into personal invisibility. Bend sight around body -> Illusionism -> Schleier+Spiegel -> standard effect, self range, human silhouette, short
• Hard (2 Ticks): Swap face and mannerism cues. Wear another's face -> Illusionism -> Schleier+Kreis -> hard effect, self range, head target, sustained
• Complex (2 Ticks): Layered audiovisual cloak for a squad. Cloak group in shared glamour -> Illusionism -> Kreis+Schleier+Gitter -> complex effect, near range, squad spread, sustained
• Miracle (4+ Ticks): Marching illusion of a whole army. Project moving phantom legion -> Illusionism -> Kreis+Gitter+Stoss -> miracle effect, horizon range, battlefield spread, sustained

(For detailed sensory information and theoretical deep-dives, refer to Schools Lore)

Core-school glyph sets by training level: Illusionism#The Core Matrix.