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Message: <blockquote data-quote="two" data-source="post: 2075034" data-attributes="member: 9002">What he said.The RAW is absolutely clear.  Illusions can't help to flank.Because flanking is all about the "thing" on other other side of you being able to attack; it matters not at all what the guy in the middle (the flankee?) thinks.  If you allowed an illusion to CAUSE flanking, you could hardly argue against a PC who said "I think the visible orc on one side of me is an illusion, and I'll ignore it, disallowing his rogue-friend on the other side of me with a higher initiative to sneak attack."Believe or not beleive; it just doesn't matter.  Illusions can't help to flank.   And you can't "believe" a real enemy is an illusion to nullify flanking bonuses.Flanking is a very simple mechanic that can be very clearly stated and which is not logical in all respects.  That's the price of simplicity.  It works 95% of the time OK, so -- deal with it, I guess.</blockquote>