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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 6491127" data-attributes="member: 6779310">Thanks.does not appear to be.The damage, note, is not an automatic. The illusion has to be of something that does damage. Given the 10' cube limit... an archer is no threat to him; the arrows never hit. The 4-armed swordsman with 7 attacks would likely provoke disbelief from the low damage. A bonfire won't hurt him if he moves away from it. If it's an umber hulk, the limited damage again is going to be an issue. An orc with a dagger, however...And if the bonfire chases him, yeah, he's probably entitled to a bonus action to investigate it.The Orc need not be investigated, but can be killed.This is because...While a target is affected by the spell, the target treats the phantasm as if it were real. (PHB 264)If he cannot drop the orc after about 20 HP, he should be granted a bonus action to examine it. Because real Orcs usually die by then.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 6491127, member: 6779310"] Thanks. does not appear to be. The damage, note, is not an automatic. The illusion has to be of something that does damage. Given the 10' cube limit... an archer is no threat to him; the arrows never hit. The 4-armed swordsman with 7 attacks would likely provoke disbelief from the low damage. A bonfire won't hurt him if he moves away from it. If it's an umber hulk, the limited damage again is going to be an issue. An orc with a dagger, however... And if the bonfire chases him, yeah, he's probably entitled to a bonus action to investigate it. The Orc need not be investigated, but can be killed. This is because... [indent]While a target is affected by the spell, the target treats the phantasm as if it were real. (PHB 264)[/indent] If he cannot drop the orc after about 20 HP, he should be granted a bonus action to examine it. Because real Orcs usually die by then. [/QUOTE]

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