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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7099498" data-attributes="member: 6677017">This is a really good explanation of what should happen with a non-valid target. I think it should probably be interpreted similarly with most spells. Sure, you can designate an invalid target (otherwise things get weird) but if it isn't valid the spell doesn't affect it.Against mirror image, since magic missile's autohit does imply more of a homing feature than an attack roll, I rule with Jeremy Crawford that it simply ignores the illusions and hits the caster--since they can see the caster and the spell is more of a blur kind of effect than anything (whereas it was a figment in 3e, 5e treats it more like a glamor). Still, I could see a case for creative usage of a player asking if they could intentionally try to pick out specific images (with a difficult Intelligence or Wisdom (Perception) check) and target the missiles at them. Of course, the missiles wouldn't do anything to images other than the caster, so it's a complete waste of time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 7099498, member: 6677017"] This is a really good explanation of what should happen with a non-valid target. I think it should probably be interpreted similarly with most spells. Sure, you can designate an invalid target (otherwise things get weird) but if it isn't valid the spell doesn't affect it. Against [I]mirror image[/I], since [I]magic missile's[/I] autohit does imply more of a homing feature than an attack roll, I rule with Jeremy Crawford that it simply ignores the illusions and hits the caster--since they can see the caster and the spell is more of a [I]blur[/I] kind of effect than anything (whereas it was a figment in 3e, 5e treats it more like a glamor). Still, I could see a case for creative usage of a player asking if they could intentionally try to pick out specific images (with a difficult Intelligence or Wisdom (Perception) check) and target the missiles at them. Of course, the missiles wouldn't do anything to images other than the caster, so it's a complete waste of time. [/QUOTE]

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