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<blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 727597" data-attributes="member: 284">You can target the dog all you want.&nbsp; You don't even have to believe the dog is an elf, you can target it with Charm Person all you want.&nbsp; The spell just won't work.&nbsp;&nbsp; See the PHB, page 148, Aiming A Spell, Target or Targets, second paragraph:&nbsp; &quot;If you cast a targeted spell on the wrong sort of target, such as casting charm person on a dog, the spell has no effect.&quot;This isn't Magic: The Gathering, where targetting an illegal target causes the spell to fizzle.&nbsp;&nbsp; In 3e, the spell still goes off, but simply has no effect.&nbsp; If the spell has a duration, it still lasts it's normal duration, and if the target changes from an illegal one to a legal one during that time, the spell will then produce it's effect for the remaining part of the duration. True, he can target the dog whether or not he believes it is an elf. It would still arc to the secondary targets as normal, and do the secondary damage.&nbsp; The &quot;major image&quot; would of course take no damage, although it might disappear unless it's creator caused it to react appropriately.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Caliban, post: 727597, member: 284"] You can target the dog all you want. You don't even have to believe the dog is an elf, you can target it with [i]Charm Person[/i] all you want. The spell just won't work. See the PHB, page 148, [b]Aiming A Spell[/b], [b]Target or Targets[/b], second paragraph: "If you cast a targeted spell on the wrong sort of target, such as casting [i]charm person[/i] on a dog, the spell has no effect." This isn't Magic: The Gathering, where targetting an illegal target causes the spell to fizzle. In 3e, the spell still goes off, but simply has no effect. If the spell has a duration, it still lasts it's normal duration, and if the target changes from an illegal one to a legal one during that time, the spell will then produce it's effect for the remaining part of the duration. [b][/b] True, he can target the dog whether or not he believes it is an elf. [b][/B] It would still arc to the secondary targets as normal, and do the secondary damage. The "major image" would of course take no damage, although it might disappear unless it's creator caused it to react appropriately. [/QUOTE]

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