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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3162575" data-attributes="member: 1656">It distinguishes with them by interacting with them.The target has to be valid before the missile of energy is created, because the missile of energy is a result of the casting being successful, and if you cast a spell on the wrong sort of target, the casting fails.If you want to flavour text it, consider the target aspect of the spell to be a 'lock' that the missile homes in on, and if the lock isn't there, the casting fails before the missile ever starts homing.  It doesn't matter how you describe it; if you cast a spell on the wrong sort of target, the casting fails, and whether anyone can tell by looking or not, a figment is the wrong sort of target for Hold Person, or Implosion, or Message, or Magic Missile.-Hyp.</blockquote>