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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Twig" data-source="post: 6906764" data-attributes="member: 31754">I fully admit I stray into house rule territory, but if you think my ruling isn't based on RAW, I'm curious what you think the RAW actually is.If a Wizard targets an enemy with a Magic Missile and that enemy turns out to be an illusion. What happens? Is he just physically incapable of pointing at the illusion? Does a magical force stop him from chanting the spell?Think of it this way. Let's say the Fighter is blinded and wants to attack an enemy with his longsword. He thinks the enemy is right next to him, but the enemy is actually 10' away, and therefore not a valid target. Can the Fighter not make that attack? Does an invisible force stop him from swinging his sword? I rule that the Fighter attacks, but it automatically fails since the enemy he was trying to hit is not a valid target. Same thing for the Magic Missile.My ruling is that you can't target non-creatures with a Magic Missile, so if you try, the spell fails. How it fails is my own ruling, since it is left vague in the RAW. So how is that not based on RAW?Like I said, I'm perfectly happy ignoring the RAW and will keep my rule because it &quot;makes sense&quot; to me, but am curious why you think it isn't based on RAW.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Twig, post: 6906764, member: 31754"] I fully admit I stray into house rule territory, but if you think my ruling isn't based on RAW, I'm curious what you think the RAW actually is. If a Wizard targets an enemy with a Magic Missile and that enemy turns out to be an illusion. What happens? Is he just physically incapable of pointing at the illusion? Does a magical force stop him from chanting the spell? Think of it this way. Let's say the Fighter is blinded and wants to attack an enemy with his longsword. He thinks the enemy is right next to him, but the enemy is actually 10' away, and therefore not a valid target. Can the Fighter not make that attack? Does an invisible force stop him from swinging his sword? I rule that the Fighter attacks, but it automatically fails since the enemy he was trying to hit is not a valid target. Same thing for the Magic Missile. My ruling is that you can't target non-creatures with a Magic Missile, so if you try, the spell fails. How it fails is my own ruling, since it is left vague in the RAW. So how is that not based on RAW? Like I said, I'm perfectly happy ignoring the RAW and will keep my rule because it "makes sense" to me, but am curious why you think it isn't [i]based[/i] on RAW. [/QUOTE]

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