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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7111235" data-attributes="member: 23751">I am well aware that the spell is written horribly.Except that isn't what happens.&nbsp; The sword swing is not forcibly moved from the caster to an image.&nbsp; No redirection has happened.&nbsp; Rather, the sword has targeted the image from the get go.&nbsp; target = creature = body(or incorporeal form) in D&amp;D.&nbsp; That is how it has worked in 1e, 2e, 3e and 5e.&nbsp; I don't know 4e well enough to make that claim, but I suspect it was the same in that edition, too.Not even a spell.&nbsp; In 3e if you could not see a creature for any reason, you could not target it.&nbsp; You could only target a square you guessed the creature was in and hoped you hit it.You're fabricating that out of whole cloth.&nbsp; Nothing in the game says that the images are the creature.&nbsp; Nothing.&nbsp; The spell does not say it makes other creatures that are you.&nbsp; It says it makes illusory duplicates of you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7111235, member: 23751"] I am well aware that the spell is written horribly. Except that isn't what happens. The sword swing is not forcibly moved from the caster to an image. No redirection has happened. Rather, the sword has targeted the image from the get go. target = creature = body(or incorporeal form) in D&D. That is how it has worked in 1e, 2e, 3e and 5e. I don't know 4e well enough to make that claim, but I suspect it was the same in that edition, too. Not even a spell. In 3e if you could not see a creature for any reason, you could not target it. You could only target a square you guessed the creature was in and hoped you hit it. You're fabricating that out of whole cloth. Nothing in the game says that the images are the creature. Nothing. The spell does not say it makes other creatures that are you. It says it makes [B]illusory [/B]duplicates of you. [/QUOTE]

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