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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 3158554" data-attributes="member: 2011">How can you get a Persistent Image to act in an intelligent manner in combat? Since the caster does not concentrate on it, how does it react to any sort of damage if it is following a script?And, Persistent Image is based on Silent Image, not Major Image. This means that the caster cannot concentrate on it to have it react to attacks anyway. If it gets hit by a Fireball, it cannot be changed to look "crisped". If it gets hit by a sword, it cannot be changed to look like it is bleeding.Illusions are tough to pull off if you are actually following RAW.So sure, if the Clever DM changes how Illusions work, then they can work. But as written, they have very little utility.RAW already explains targeting:Figments are not creatures and the targeting rules within Mirror Image does not state that the targeting of those images allows for an exception of the normal spell conformation rules.Mirror Image explicitly gives multiple targets that the caster must select from and the targeting rules state that the caster must select, hence, there is no "all missiles hit the caster since the images are figments" rule either.</blockquote>