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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadeus" data-source="post: 1474303" data-attributes="member: 1795">One school of magic that I've always loved is illusion because of its sheer flexibility.  Ever since 3E came out, I have never been able to figure out how silent image, minor image, etc. worked by the rules.  How do figments work?Here's some examples of illusions I'd like to use but am not sure how they would work by the rules:A illusion of a wall or pit with silent image.  Is the only use of this to change a creatures tactics?  So you put a big pit in the room so the creatures have to run around it?  If its a wall, and the creatures believes it to be a wall, and still tries to run through it, the illusionary wall will do nothing right?What about a major image of a lightning bolt?  Illusions do no real damage, but what about illusionary damage?  Or not because figments do not affect people?  Can you simulate any damage inflicting spell with a figment?How about creating creatures?  Say you create the illusion of an ogre to fight a bunch of goblins.  Now the figment would have AC 9 (10 - large size), right (regardless if the illusion was of the ogre in full-plate)?  Can the "ogre" do any damage to foes or does it just delay them?  Meaning, can an ogre brain a goblin with its huge club and have it feint unconscious?  Or does the club just pass through the goblin?</blockquote>