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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 729296" data-attributes="member: 413">Considering I don't bring Dragon Magazine to the table (or the FAQ or pages of Sage Advice or whatever), I'd say what the Sage says is irrelevant &quot;to a discussion of what the book rules are.&quot;It is well known that the Sage doesn't sit there and comb through the books and SRD (and what he said in the past and what other designers said in the past) when he answers questions.&nbsp; He gets and answers tons of questions everyday.&nbsp; He rules on them exactly the way most DMs rule at the table...he thinks about it and says what makes the most sense at the moment....at least that is the way it seems to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Calling what the Sage says is &quot;official&quot; and all who disagree as playing by house rules (even when a clear reading of the book shows him to be incorrect) means that almost everyone is playing by house rules...All I am saying is that it is not unreasonable for a DM to come to a different conclusion than the Sage.&nbsp; Doing so does not make the Sage rigth or the other DM wrong by the letter or the spirit of the rules.&nbsp; Pulling something out of your arse like saying the caster turns purple is a completely different matter.As for targetting images with spells...of course you CAN target an image with a spell if you want.&nbsp; The spell just has no affect.&nbsp; But in the case of mirror image, you cannot choose a specific target out of the caster and all his images because they are all weaving in and out of each other constantly.&nbsp; When you chose your target, you make a guess.&nbsp; If it is the wrong one, nothing happens (and according to the FAQ, you &quot;pop&quot; an image).Seems simple to me...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 729296, member: 413"] Considering I don't bring Dragon Magazine to the table (or the FAQ or pages of Sage Advice or whatever), I'd say what the Sage says is irrelevant "to a discussion of what the [i]book[/i] rules are." It is well known that the Sage doesn't sit there and comb through the books and SRD (and what he said in the past and what other designers said in the past) when he answers questions. He gets and answers tons of questions everyday. He rules on them exactly the way most DMs rule at the table...he thinks about it and says what makes the most sense at the moment....at least that is the way it seems to me. Calling what the Sage says is "official" and all who disagree as playing by house rules (even when a clear reading of the book shows him to be incorrect) means that almost everyone is playing by house rules... All I am saying is that it is not unreasonable for a DM to come to a different conclusion than the Sage. Doing so does not make the Sage rigth or the other DM wrong by the letter or the spirit of the rules. Pulling something out of your arse like saying the caster turns purple is a completely different matter. As for targetting images with spells...of course you CAN target an image with a spell if you want. The spell just has no affect. But in the case of mirror image, you cannot choose a specific target out of the caster and all his images because they are all weaving in and out of each other constantly. When you chose your target, you make a guess. If it is the wrong one, nothing happens (and according to the FAQ, you "pop" an image). Seems simple to me... [/QUOTE]

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