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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2685797" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>"Figments seem to react normally to area spells (such as looking like they’re burned or dead after being hit by a fireball)."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You are right. Any creature as target spell can still hit the caster, you just have to get lucky.</p><p></p><p>However, there are spells that can take out one or more figments:</p><p></p><p>Acid Splash</p><p>Bigby's Clenched Fist</p><p>Bigby's Crushing Hand</p><p>Bigby's Forceful Hand</p><p>Bigby's Grasping Hand</p><p>Creeping Doom</p><p>Disintegrate</p><p>Enervation</p><p>Flame Blade</p><p>Gate</p><p>Insect Plague</p><p>Melf's Acid Arrow</p><p>Mordenkainen's Sword</p><p>Planar Ally</p><p>Planar Ally, Lesser</p><p>Polar Ray</p><p>Prismatic Sphere</p><p>Produce Flame</p><p>Ray of Enfeeblement</p><p>Ray of Exhaustion</p><p>Ray of Frost</p><p>Resilient Sphere (if you consider all images to be in a 7+ foot radius)</p><p>Scorching Ray</p><p>Searing Light</p><p>Shadow Conjuration</p><p>Shadow Evocation</p><p>Shadow Evocation, Greater</p><p>Shambler</p><p>Simulacrum</p><p>Spectral Hand (combined with touch spells that affect targets or opponents)</p><p>Spiritual Weapon</p><p>Storm of Vengeance (if the DM allows the bolts to hit)</p><p>Summon Monster</p><p>Summon Nature's Ally</p><p>Summon Swarm</p><p></p><p>Let alone other spells from other source books.</p><p></p><p></p><p>And Mirror Image, although potent at lower levels, starts falling apart against those multi-attack full round combatant types (like archers, rogues with two weapons, and other combatant types).</p><p></p><p>Summon spells are especially nice since you can summon multiple creatures which each can have multiple attacks such as claw/claw/bite. The AC of the figments is fairly low.</p><p></p><p>Swarm spells are even better because they wipe out all of the images immediately.</p><p></p><p></p><p>One thing that players and DMs alike should realize is that the Mirror Imaged caster is a big target. He has such a good defense that most everyone on the opposition (who knows what Mirror Image does) should target him.</p><p></p><p>He is shouting: "I am a spell caster. Come get me!" <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 2685797, member: 2011"] "Figments seem to react normally to area spells (such as looking like they’re burned or dead after being hit by a fireball)." You are right. Any creature as target spell can still hit the caster, you just have to get lucky. However, there are spells that can take out one or more figments: Acid Splash Bigby's Clenched Fist Bigby's Crushing Hand Bigby's Forceful Hand Bigby's Grasping Hand Creeping Doom Disintegrate Enervation Flame Blade Gate Insect Plague Melf's Acid Arrow Mordenkainen's Sword Planar Ally Planar Ally, Lesser Polar Ray Prismatic Sphere Produce Flame Ray of Enfeeblement Ray of Exhaustion Ray of Frost Resilient Sphere (if you consider all images to be in a 7+ foot radius) Scorching Ray Searing Light Shadow Conjuration Shadow Evocation Shadow Evocation, Greater Shambler Simulacrum Spectral Hand (combined with touch spells that affect targets or opponents) Spiritual Weapon Storm of Vengeance (if the DM allows the bolts to hit) Summon Monster Summon Nature's Ally Summon Swarm Let alone other spells from other source books. And Mirror Image, although potent at lower levels, starts falling apart against those multi-attack full round combatant types (like archers, rogues with two weapons, and other combatant types). Summon spells are especially nice since you can summon multiple creatures which each can have multiple attacks such as claw/claw/bite. The AC of the figments is fairly low. Swarm spells are even better because they wipe out all of the images immediately. One thing that players and DMs alike should realize is that the Mirror Imaged caster is a big target. He has such a good defense that most everyone on the opposition (who knows what Mirror Image does) should target him. He is shouting: "I am a spell caster. Come get me!" ;) [/QUOTE]
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