typing "/hide illusion" turns my illusions on and off. If I want the effect of SoW potions - but don't want to run around as a wolf I use "/hide illusion" to turn off my illusion - then even though I've "changed form" so to speak - I (and others) don't see the illusion. The SoW buff stays in place. When I want to use my nifty new SplitPaw gnoll illusion shard - and run around Antonica terrorizing newbs as a Named Gnoll on a Killing Rampage - I have to remember to "/hide illusion" again - or I (and others) won't see the changed form. And then I'll look SILLY. My guess is that you've typed "/hide illusion" at some point - and now aren't seeing the form change. Simply retyping "/hide illusion" should allow you to see yourself in flames. Interesting Illusion Asides: The minute you get your "Encased in Ice" illusion funspell - cast it on yourself and then immediately get on a griffin and watch what happens. LOL. My personal favorite: For those wizards still running around in a dress - obtain a Petrified Orc Eye - and cast it on yourself as a robe wearing mage. Apparently there are no robe models for orcs so the models come up nekkid. You can then run around as a Big Naked Flaming Orc.
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