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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3110563" data-attributes="member: 1656">According to the spell, the figments must each be within 5 feet of the caster or another figment.That means that with two figments, it's possible (not necessarily likely, but possible) that the second figment could be up to ten feet from the caster.  With three figments, it's possible that the third figment could be up to fifteen feet from the caster.There's nothing in the spell that requires all the images to be in the same square.  It states that they 'remain in a cluster', but as far as I can tell, it defines what 'remain in a cluster' means - all figments must be within 5 feet of the caster or another figment.However, there's no indication that the caster has any control over where the images go; he can't, therefore, elect to string them out in a line.  I tend to see the movement of the figments as Brownian - they'll mostly be in the caster's square or an adjacent square, but there's potential for figments to move further out as long as there's a chain.This means that an opponent could be facing a line of three wizards, one to the NW, N, and NE respectively.  He cannot use vision or hearing to distinguish the real wizard from the figments, so a Listen check will not tell him which direction the real wizard is.... unless he closes his eyes.  Once the opponent closes his eyes, the spell has no effect on him, and he can make a Listen check to pinpoint the square of the real wizard just as if Mirror Image had not been cast.-Hyp.</blockquote>

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