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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 970734" data-attributes="member: 1656">My personal opinion is that if you target a rock with a Magic Missile, then you lose the spell slot and nothing else happens.  If you split your three missiles across a rock, a goblin, and an orc standing behind a Wall of Force, then the missile aimed at the rock fails to target (invalid target), the missile aimed at the orc fails to target (no Line of Effect to target), and so a single missile appears and unerringly strikes the goblin.Other people believe that all three missiles would launch, and the one that hits the rock would dissipate harmlessly on contact, the one aimed at the orc would strike the Wall of Force and disappear, and the one that hits the goblin would deal damage.It comes down to your interpretation of the phrase "has no effect".  I see the effect as "a missile darts forth from your fingertip", others see the effect as "deals 1d4+1 points of damage".The way that I read it, by the PHB, if you spread your missiles out across the mage and his four figments, only one missile would actually launch and hit the real mage.  Thus, until the mage's next action, anyone observing would know which of the five identical figures was the ream one.  On the mage's action, he can move into and through figments, once again disguising his real identity.The FAQ entry, obviously, states that a Magic Missile will destroy a figment, which introduces a new theory not stated anywhere in the Core Rules anywhere - that illusions of creatures are considered creatures for targetting purposes.So it's up to you whether you want the FAQ making up new rules, or merely clarifying ambiguous points in the existing rules.-Hyp.</blockquote>

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