Kobold Stew's latest activity

So I read your initial post, pre-edit, before you added the personal attack. I honestly thought your post was meant as a joke. It seems...

"Happy to check it out," says Tommi, offering to run ahead with anyone else interested.

Thanks! I miss all the great gamers in Seattle too! One of my motivations for making this new version of Chronicle was to use it as a...

Of course everything can be covered by DM fiat, and of course common sense should take a role. At the same time, there has to be a...

I think it depends on the nature of the attack and how the illusion "reacts". In the heat of a crowded battle, the orc shoots an arrow...

ha ha ha -- thanks. I have no doubt I am overthinking it. In my experience, the illusion spells aren't fun because of this lack of...

There needs to be a sidebar about how players and DMs should treat illusions. How to interpret and handle "believability" and...

Sorry -- you can't Attack the illusion (as a game term) -- there's nothing there; it has no AC, no HP. It's always a swing and a miss...

Well, the problem with passive checks IMO is that they’re named so poorly, everyone assumes they work in a different way than what the...

I agree with all of this (and with the point about imitating spells), and each of these aspects makes it harder to suspect the initial...

You make a few assumptions that underlie your assertions relating to this limited subset of illusions. Here are some challenges to...

I think there is one aspect missing: animated illusions. Minor image makes a static illusion. Silent image and Major Image can be...

Thanks for the detailed response! Everything you say for this point is true, but not relevant to solving the low-level problems that...

Thanks for the responses! Fair enough, and a roll to see how an NPC reacts is totally fair. Something like this totally works, in that...

Solid analysis of the illusion rules in both books, I agree with your interpretations. I do have a bit of a nitpick though: D&D is an...