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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaelommiss" data-source="post: 6734188" data-attributes="member: 6775925">A black dome is functionally identical to darkness*, with a reduced radius. Objects passing through an illusion reveals that the illusory object are not solid. In most cases this is sufficient evidence to believe it to be illusory since an illusion is generally of a solid object. Since magical darkness is also intangible, there is no reason to believe it is an illusion merely because an object passes through it. Without this major indicator revealing the true nature of the illusion, it incredibly difficult for a casual observer to identify the illusion as such, and therefore takes an action to investigate it. Nothing in silent image's description suggests the spell ends when something touches it.The way I read the spell description, the first sentence suggests a way to raise doubts regarding an illusion (oh! this door isn't solid). The second is the method to verify those doubts (I think I'll take a closer look at this door to figure out why my hand passed through it). The third is the result of succeeding on the check (it's an illusory door!). If merely touching the illusion was sufficient then anyone could use their environmental interaction to poke the potential illusion instead taking an action to examine it (and bypass any check, too!). It seems odd to me that a spell that outlines an action cost and ability check could be bypassed accidentally. This is purely my own opinion on the spell, though hopefully it now makes sense why I rule the way I do. I tend to favour anything that helps players rely on interesting ideas rather than endlessly attacking the problem until it goes away, and ruling generously with illusions is one way to do that.*I have seen some debate over the nature of magical darkness, though the majority tend to agree that it creates a dark bubble that can't been seen through. We operate according to this at my table because arguing about how a spell affects EM radiation is less fun than adventuring.</blockquote>

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