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<blockquote data-quote="ThePolarBear" data-source="post: 6906834" data-attributes="member: 6857451">Numbers added by me, for simplicityIn my opinion:1) I like your previous post interpretation. Just add that the puzzled Wizard rolls investigation because it interacted with the illusion. If not passed, they rationalize. Still, i feel bad for those poor Mimics, blasted by cantrips before doing their job. I would really like to avoid the &quot;might be a mimic&quot; check at my table.2) Not really a fair comparison. Rules are clear, fighter has to guess before attacking. Specific beats generic. If the fighter attacked an illusion, same as above and roll investigation/auto succes. Also, the fighter can attack an object or an illusion by rules, a Magic Missile can't be targeted at one. Again, not really a fair comparison.3) Fair. But i would warn the player beforehand if his character has knowledge that the spell would fizzle. A player might not remember that eldritch blast can only target creatures if he tries to blast a lock. But with Mirror Images you can't distinguish one image from the other. So you can't decide &quot;one each&quot; since you don't know which is which.You still see the creature, and Magic Missile is Magic enough to hit the right target. Or passes all the images and end up hitting the target. There's no roll, so ruling from Mirror Images still applies. So the point is moot, at least for Mirror Images.Al imho.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ThePolarBear, post: 6906834, member: 6857451"] Numbers added by me, for simplicity In my opinion: 1) I like your previous post interpretation. Just add that the puzzled Wizard rolls investigation because it interacted with the illusion. If not passed, they rationalize. Still, i feel bad for those poor Mimics, blasted by cantrips before doing their job. I would really like to avoid the "might be a mimic" check at my table. 2) Not really a fair comparison. Rules are clear, fighter has to guess before attacking. Specific beats generic. If the fighter attacked an illusion, same as above and roll investigation/auto succes. Also, the fighter can attack an object or an illusion by rules, a Magic Missile can't be targeted at one. Again, not really a fair comparison. 3) Fair. But i would warn the player beforehand if his character has knowledge that the spell would fizzle. A player might not remember that eldritch blast can only target creatures if he tries to blast a lock. But with Mirror Images you can't distinguish one image from the other. So you can't decide "one each" since you don't know which is which.You still see the creature, and Magic Missile is Magic enough to hit the right target. Or passes all the images and end up hitting the target. There's no roll, so ruling from Mirror Images still applies. So the point is moot, at least for Mirror Images. Al imho. [/QUOTE]

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