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<blockquote data-quote="RigaMortus" data-source="post: 2103810" data-attributes="member: 1077">Having peeked my interest, I decided to look up some of these terms.&nbsp; In the glossary, Creature is defined as:I could not find an entry for what constitutes a &quot;being&quot; (or &quot;active being&quot;).&nbsp; Certainly constructs and undead are considered creatures, because while they are not living nor objects, they are active beings (one would reasonably assume). So what is an illusion (figment)?&nbsp; It is certainly active, but is it considered a being?On the other hand...&nbsp; Under &quot;Target and Targets&quot;, it says that you can't fire a magic missile&nbsp; at a group of bandits with the instruction to &quot;hit the leader&quot;.&nbsp; To strike the leader you have to be able to identify and see the leader (or guess which one the leader is and get lucky).&nbsp; I think that pretty much demonstrates that you can't &quot;pop&quot; the Mirror Images with Magic Missile.&nbsp; Because while you can see the &quot;real&quot; person, you can not identify which one he is.&nbsp; You can guess which one he is, and get lucky, and actually hit him with Magic Missile, but if you guess incorrectly, the spell doesn't go off because the figment is not a legal target for the spell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RigaMortus, post: 2103810, member: 1077"] Having peeked my interest, I decided to look up some of these terms. In the glossary, Creature is defined as: I could not find an entry for what constitutes a "being" (or "active being"). Certainly constructs and undead are considered creatures, because while they are not living nor objects, they are active beings (one would reasonably assume). So what is an illusion (figment)? It is certainly active, but is it considered a being? On the other hand... Under "Target and Targets", it says that you can't fire a magic missile at a group of bandits with the instruction to "hit the leader". To strike the leader you have to be able to identify and see the leader (or guess which one the leader is and get lucky). I think that pretty much demonstrates that you can't "pop" the Mirror Images with Magic Missile. Because while you can see the "real" person, you can not identify which one he is. You can guess which one he is, and get lucky, and actually hit him with Magic Missile, but if you guess incorrectly, the spell doesn't go off because the figment is not a legal target for the spell. [/QUOTE]

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