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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6592410" data-attributes="member: 2011">Again, this is totally DM dependent. If you read the spell, if he just accidentally touches the illusion, his hand / arm / whatever goes through it and he automatically knows that it is an illusion.Have you ever tried to not move at all? It's not necessarily easy to do. It would be reasonable for a DM to roll to see if this actually stops an NPC, or minimally might give him an Investigation check (if the NPC is not doing anything else). A monster might not even care and just try to (easily) break out.So, the wizards uses up an action and the monster might just try to break out and does so.It's all DM dependent as to how well this actually works. A given DM might just automatically keep the NPC trapped for a few rounds. Another DM might make a check to see if the NPC's arm accidentally goes through the illusion.Just because the player wants a given thing to happen doesn't necessarily mean it will, and just because your DM might be a bit lenient with the cantrip does not mean that all DMs will. I'm not quite sure why an NPC wouldn't just try to grab the bottom of the box and try to lift it off himself for example. He wouldn't have to touch the spike or the razor wire to accomplish that and it doesn't actually take a rocket scientist to figure that out.If an NPC tried to trap my prone PC this way, this is the first thing I would ask the DM about. Can I just lift the box?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 6592410, member: 2011"] Again, this is totally DM dependent. If you read the spell, if he just accidentally touches the illusion, his hand / arm / whatever goes through it and he automatically knows that it is an illusion. Have you ever tried to not move at all? It's not necessarily easy to do. It would be reasonable for a DM to roll to see if this actually stops an NPC, or minimally might give him an Investigation check (if the NPC is not doing anything else). A monster might not even care and just try to (easily) break out. So, the wizards uses up an action and the monster might just try to break out and does so. It's all DM dependent as to how well this actually works. A given DM might just automatically keep the NPC trapped for a few rounds. Another DM might make a check to see if the NPC's arm accidentally goes through the illusion. Just because the player wants a given thing to happen doesn't necessarily mean it will, and just because your DM might be a bit lenient with the cantrip does not mean that all DMs will. I'm not quite sure why an NPC wouldn't just try to grab the bottom of the box and try to lift it off himself for example. He wouldn't have to touch the spike or the razor wire to accomplish that and it doesn't actually take a rocket scientist to figure that out. If an NPC tried to trap my prone PC this way, this is the first thing I would ask the DM about. Can I just lift the box? [/QUOTE]

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