Recent content by Andrew Blair

Final clarification then. Can an illusion block light? Using the Phantasmal Force example from before actually interrupt the Medusa gaze? Or does the illusion make you think you are looking at a box, giving your statue an unusually calm expression? If it can block light and can stop the gaze...

Illusions being more a matter of psychology than optics. An illusion of a magniying glass wouldn't start a fire with sunlight. An illusory telescope would not bend the incoming light to create an enlarged image.

So a bait illusion of a fighter with a torch would not illuminate the tunnel ahead?

That makes a fair amount of sense. Many thanks for the clarification. What about light selectivity in an illusion? Can an illusion be used as a customized light source? I was thinking about light sources that can only be seen by people with infravision or ultravision. Or adjustable light...

Holy Christ. If you can do optics with illusions, there is a whole lot of fun you can have with an illusionist. Every army marching would require illusionist training for officers, scouts and engineers.

If an illusion can bend or reflect light, could you make illusory telescopics or microscopic optics?

Another one. Could you create illusions your party can choose not to disbelieve? Would an illusion of a sack on a medusa's face save the party from the gaze attack? What if your illusion is of a uv light source? Only night vision characters can see as you wander through the underdark. Can an...

Would a ref allow an illusion of a mirror or an illusion of a reflective surface? Would that surface behave like a conventional mirror? Or would you have to concentrate on what the mirror is reflecting? Night time combat. You make an illusion of a sheet of glass, you throw a stone with light...