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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheGogmagog" data-source="post: 2916025" data-attributes="member: 27702">Agreed, If you can see the images, you can't use listen to identify the caster.  If you can't see the images the spell imposes no penalties.  It is magic so it doesn't have to be a logical division on do they make sound or not.It's a moot point with the common house ruling (suggested by FAQ) that the figments occupy the same 5' square.   A listen check would only identify the square occupied, and not which image inside the square is making the noise.  This eliminates issues of flanking with the images, who controls what squares the image fill (can the caster make them circle an opponent, or does the DM place them randomly?) and the issue how the caster shifts location with the images in other squares.  It also eliminates the closed eyes to know the square the caster occupies, since that's able to be determined by looking at the images blurring within the 5' square.I agree that the images become invisible as you do, and reapear as you do.</blockquote>