Editing Illumian (section)

===Magic & Technology===
A magical ritual created the first illumians, and as a result the race has close ties to magic. Furthermore, the illumian facility for language and love of the written word nudges many of them into [[wizard]] training—at least as a sideline to their other pursuits. Because illumians have such a strong magical heritage, they regard the study of such arts quite highly. An illumian who learns the greatest arcane secrets isn’t just expanding the study of magic, but delving into the forces that created his race. [[Diviner]] and [[illusionist]] [[wizard]]s are particularly common among illumians, because those spells are so useful in an intrigue- and espionage-filled world. However, the race’s most powerful [[wizard]]s and [[sorcerer]]s include a multitude of enchantment spells in their repertoires. The power word spells, above all enchantments, are regarded with particular awe by illumians.

Illumians are a young race, and their deities attained godhood only within the last few centuries. As a result, they don’t show the same fervor for divine magic that humans do. Illumian [[cleric]]s are as likely to worship a nonillumian deity—or venerate a set of philosophical principles—as they are to pray to an illumian god.

Illumian enclaves always feature an extensive library of arcane texts, bestiaries, biographies of important magicians, outer-plane travelogues, and tomes of interest to spellcasters. Illumian [[wizard]]s create spellbooks with various magical protections, and they’re willing to trade a finely crafted spellbook for lore they don’t possess.

Illumian enclaves show off the race’s affinity for alphabets and languages in another way: Secure areas are guarded with glyphs of warding, explosive runes, or one of the symbol spells.

Many illumian enclaves also include a magic portal that leads to Elirhondas, the illumian city on the [[Plane of Shadow]]. Older illumian enclaves still maintain portals to the [[Astral Plane]], where the illumians’ Great Library once stood before the [[githyanki]] sacked it centuries ago.