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<blockquote data-quote="Undrhil" data-source="post: 7030304" data-attributes="member: 77538">The answer to the first question is &quot;Depends on the illusion created&quot;.If I have the PF show up as a box over the target's head, then it will attack with Disadvantage if it failed the initial saving throw *if it normally relies on sight*.&nbsp; If it relies on Tremorsense or Blindsight, then the illusion of the box will do nothing to impede it.&nbsp; If it chooses to, it can investigate the box and might determine that it's not really there.If I have the PF show up as a polar bear, then it can attack me unimpeded since there is nothing about the polar bear that will stop it from doing so.&nbsp; The illusion of the polar bear might give me some kind of concealment, depending on where the polar bear appears to be to the target in relation to where I am.&nbsp; The illusion of the polar bear will deal damage to the target.&nbsp; The target can choose to continue to attack me or it can choose to attack the polar bear.&nbsp; If it attacks the polar bear, the attack will miss and the target will rationalize that as the bear dodging out of the way or something; that part is up to the DM.&nbsp; If the target really looks at the bear and does the INT (Investigation) check, it may determine the bear is an illusion.If I have the PF show up as skeletal hands crawling out of the ground, then the target can attack me unimpeded, because the skeletal hands do nothing to stop it from doing so.&nbsp; The illusion of the skeletal hands might cause the target to not move, since it believes the hands might grab for it.&nbsp; The illusion of the skeletal hands might cause the target to move somewhere else.&nbsp; According to Jeremy Crawford, the illusion can move with the target, so in the case of the target moving, the illusion of the skeletal hands might crawl along the ground as the target moves.&nbsp; The skeletal hands will deal damage to the target.&nbsp; Until the target takes a good look at the skeletal hands and does an INT (Investigation) check and succeeds, the hands will continue to harass the target until the spell ends.In all of these cases, everyone else in the battle is unaware of exactly what the target is seeing.&nbsp; Even the caster cannot see the illusion once the spell is cast.&nbsp; So, the target's allies see the target moving erratically or staring the wrong direction or jumping in fright ... all depending on what the illusion is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Undrhil, post: 7030304, member: 77538"] The answer to the first question is "Depends on the illusion created". If I have the PF show up as a box over the target's head, then it will attack with Disadvantage if it failed the initial saving throw *if it normally relies on sight*. If it relies on Tremorsense or Blindsight, then the illusion of the box will do nothing to impede it. If it chooses to, it can investigate the box and might determine that it's not really there. If I have the PF show up as a polar bear, then it can attack me unimpeded since there is nothing about the polar bear that will stop it from doing so. The illusion of the polar bear might give me some kind of concealment, depending on where the polar bear appears to be to the target in relation to where I am. The illusion of the polar bear will deal damage to the target. The target can choose to continue to attack me or it can choose to attack the polar bear. If it attacks the polar bear, the attack will miss and the target will rationalize that as the bear dodging out of the way or something; that part is up to the DM. If the target really looks at the bear and does the INT (Investigation) check, it may determine the bear is an illusion. If I have the PF show up as skeletal hands crawling out of the ground, then the target can attack me unimpeded, because the skeletal hands do nothing to stop it from doing so. The illusion of the skeletal hands might cause the target to not move, since it believes the hands might grab for it. The illusion of the skeletal hands might cause the target to move somewhere else. According to Jeremy Crawford, the illusion can move with the target, so in the case of the target moving, the illusion of the skeletal hands might crawl along the ground as the target moves. The skeletal hands will deal damage to the target. Until the target takes a good look at the skeletal hands and does an INT (Investigation) check and succeeds, the hands will continue to harass the target until the spell ends. In all of these cases, everyone else in the battle is unaware of exactly what the target is seeing. Even the caster cannot see the illusion once the spell is cast. So, the target's allies see the target moving erratically or staring the wrong direction or jumping in fright ... all depending on what the illusion is. [/QUOTE]

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