Schools of magic on non-magical items

[SuperBidi]

Mistform Elixir has the Illusion trait but is not magical. The Illusion trait refers to the Illusion school of magic. So I'm a bit puzzled. Is it an error?

[Quintessentially Me]

SuperBidi wrote:

Mistform Elixir has the Illusion trait but is not magical. The Illusion trait refers to the Illusion school of magic. So I'm a bit puzzled. Is it an error?

Being a trait, it allows interaction with things that affect or rely upon illusions. So, for example, True Seeing allows you to pierce illusions:

True Seeing wrote:

You see things within 60 feet as they actually are. The GM rolls a secret counteract check against any illusion or transmutation in the area, but only for the purpose of determining whether you see through it (for instance, if the check succeeds against a polymorph spell, you can see the creature's true form, but you don't end the polymorph spell).

[mrspaghetti]

In addition to magic, illusions can be created with, literally, smoke and mirrors. So it makes sense that non-magical things can have the Illusion trait.