I’m about to play a gnome illusion wizard and I’m researching (high INT!) creative uses for illusions.
A classic is an illusory wall to hide behind as enemies run past or cannot aim to you. Or make the pit seem to be somewhere else so they fall in as they charge you. Or fake allies for distraction.
We’re playing Pathfinder 2e as 1st level characters. So technically that means the wizard has Figment (Ghost Sound), Illusory Object, and Prestidigitation at his disposal.
There are probably some cool illusion stories in this community?
I think it’d be very cool if they approached challenges like a hacker.
Instead of just tricking a target with a direct approach, use illusions to trick targets into helping them trick secondary targets.
Surveil a target to find out what a family member’s voice sounds like in order to imitate it.
Use an illusory object to feign that you’ve taken something to bait someone into an over reaction that gets them in trouble.
That kind of manipulation.