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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dash Dannigan" data-source="post: 723791" data-attributes="member: 6306">Let me start off by saying I agree with Hyper and his reading of these rules are correct. But first from the MI spell desciption: This clearly states in the Mirror Image spell how Magic Missle interacts with the spell. MM targets a real creature (the character) but the MI spell interferes with this causing the spell to strike images instead. This is both clear and concise.Again I agree. The Magic Missle cannot directly strike the target character and ignore the images. On top of this the caster of MM cannot target the images themselves. I agree with you Hyper now that I've looked at the spell descriptions, Magic Missle CANNOT target these images. It can only target the character that is under the effect of the Mirror Image spell. This results in each missle randomly striking either target character or image, with the potential for multiple missle striking the same image. But this also means that a caster cannot "counter" the mirror image spell because they cannot specifically target the images. They simply target the character and then determine where the missles strike.I also have to agree here as well. According to the spell description an Image cannot be destroyed unless it is struck by an attack roll. Thankfully, the FAQ clarifies this however when it discusses spells. So a Magic Missle because it is a  "target" spell can destroy an Image when it is struck.In summary, a MM targets the character and the MI deviates the missle to randomly strike among the character and their images. When an image is struck by MM it is destroyed. As the missles strike simultaneously multiple missle may strike the same image, destroying it.Now as to Message, since images cannot be targeted, the spell targets the character effected by MI and then randomly determines if it targets the character or an image. If an image is targeted then it too winks out, but only one as there is only a single target being effected by the message spell.</blockquote>

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