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<blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 7026763" data-attributes="member: 5890">No, typically what happens is that you make an attack roll, and if you hit, you tick off some hit points. If you've ticked off enough hit points, it dies. Enough hit points is usually multiple rounds worth.Regardless, D&amp;D provides the DM with a model for an expected reality: if you've made a phantasm of a bear, why not use the stats of a bear? &quot;Each round on your turn. the phantasm can deal 1d6 psychic damage to the target if it is in the phantasm's area or within 5 feet of the phantasm&quot;. Seems pretty clear to me. It's one of the few explicit rules in the spell.If the target fails the save (and it's more likely to than hold person, since few monsters have a good intelligence save), you've wasted at least one round of the target's time, plus dealt them some damage, plus potentially temporarily inflicted a status on them. If you picked a good illusion (a monster that they actually will stick around and fight, a puzzle they'll try to work out instead of brute their way through), you're wasting more time and dealing more damage.PLUSIt still works for utility purposes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saeviomagy, post: 7026763, member: 5890"] No, typically what happens is that you make an attack roll, and if you hit, you tick off some hit points. If you've ticked off enough hit points, it dies. Enough hit points is usually multiple rounds worth. Regardless, D&D provides the DM with a model for an expected reality: if you've made a phantasm of a bear, why not use the stats of a bear? "Each round on your turn. the phantasm can deal 1d6 psychic damage to the target if it is in the phantasm's area or within 5 feet of the phantasm". Seems pretty clear to me. It's one of the few explicit rules in the spell. If the target fails the save (and it's more likely to than hold person, since few monsters have a good intelligence save), you've wasted at least one round of the target's time, plus dealt them some damage, plus potentially temporarily inflicted a status on them. If you picked a good illusion (a monster that they actually will stick around and fight, a puzzle they'll try to work out instead of brute their way through), you're wasting more time and dealing more damage. PLUS It still works for utility purposes. [/QUOTE]

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