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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1497393" data-attributes="member: 1656">Mirror Image is a very odd case, as demonstrated by the fact that there are the rules in the PHB, rules in the FAQ (3E and 3.5) that don't match the rules in the PHB, and suggestions in the FAQ that admit they don't follow the rules in the PHB but are more practical (or something along those lines).According to the 3E FAQ, any targeted spell can destroy a figment.&nbsp; This means that a figment can be targeted individually, and that's why targeted Dispel Magic affects one image or the caster, randomly determined - you're not targeting &quot;the caster&quot;, you're targeting... um, that one, which may or may not be the caster.This is different to a Displaced caster, where you're not trying to select from multiple possibilities.It also means that Message makes an absolutely fantastic anti-Mirror-Image spell.However, this doesn't gel with a/ the PHB rules for targeting, in many cases, and b/ the PHB description of Mirror Image.&nbsp; Magic Missile, for example, targets &quot;one or more creatures&quot;.&nbsp; A figment is not a creature, and therefore it should be an invalid target for a Magic Missile spell (which is how I run it).&nbsp; If you cast a Magic Missile at a figment, then under the rules for targetting, the spell has no effect.I also absolutely disagree with the 3.5 FAQ contention that a figment is valid for use with feats such as Cleave or Whirlwind Attack, but that's starting to get off-topic...-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1497393, member: 1656"] Mirror Image [i]is[/i] a very odd case, as demonstrated by the fact that there are the rules in the PHB, rules in the FAQ (3E and 3.5) that don't match the rules in the PHB, and suggestions in the FAQ that admit they don't follow the rules in the PHB but are more practical (or something along those lines). According to the 3E FAQ, any targeted spell can destroy a figment. This means that a figment can be targeted individually, and that's why targeted Dispel Magic affects one image or the caster, randomly determined - you're not targeting "the caster", you're targeting... um, [i]that[/i] one, which may or may not be the caster. This is different to a Displaced caster, where you're not trying to select from multiple possibilities. It also means that Message makes an absolutely fantastic anti-Mirror-Image spell. However, this doesn't gel with a/ the PHB rules for targeting, in many cases, and b/ the PHB description of Mirror Image. Magic Missile, for example, targets "one or more creatures". A figment is not a creature, and therefore it should be an invalid target for a Magic Missile spell (which is how I run it). If you cast a Magic Missile at a figment, then under the rules for targetting, the spell has no effect. I also absolutely disagree with the 3.5 FAQ contention that a figment is valid for use with feats such as Cleave or Whirlwind Attack, but that's starting to get off-topic... -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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