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<blockquote data-quote="Gadget" data-source="post: 7175865" data-attributes="member: 23716">One thing more, as linked above in Sage Advice, I would not allow the Image spells (or at least the lower level ones) to create or alter lighting conditions, thereby turning them into poor man's light or darkness spells.&nbsp; This is not readily apparent from the spell descriptions.&nbsp; Minor Illusion should not be allowed to be a poor man's Fog Cloud either, I'm unsure about Silent Image as the spell description says: &quot;You create the image of an object, a creature, or some other visible phenomenon that is no larger than a 15-foot cube.&quot;&nbsp; A fog cloud could be considered to fall into the &quot;some other visible phenomenon&quot; aspect.&nbsp; &nbsp; In fact, I'm not sure my above statements about movement on Silent Image are quite RAW.&nbsp; It could be interpreted that the 'movement' portion of the spell description for Silent Image refers to Movement outside the 15' cube of the effect, just like the effects on the victim of the Booming Blade spell only trigger when the subject uses some or all of its allotted movement speed, not scratching his nose, defending, attacking etc.&nbsp; As such, a swarm of silent bees that remained in the 15' cube could be allowed without the caster spending additional actions.&nbsp; Or a banner flapping in the wind.&nbsp; Or a sentry pacing back and forth withing the cube?&nbsp; I'd be inclined to allow all of these, though the creature pacing back and forth sounds a bit too much for some reason.&nbsp; If you want to have the Image move beyond the 15' cube or appear to react or interact with the environment, then I would require an action from the caster.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gadget, post: 7175865, member: 23716"] One thing more, as linked above in Sage Advice, I would not allow the [I]Image[/I] spells (or at least the lower level ones) to create or alter lighting conditions, thereby turning them into poor man's light or darkness spells. This is not readily apparent from the spell descriptions. [I]Minor Illusion[/I] should not be allowed to be a poor man's [I]Fog Cloud[/I] either, I'm unsure about [I]Silent Image[/I] as the spell description says: [I]"You create the image of an object, a creature, or some other visible phenomenon that is no larger than a 15-foot cube."[/I] A fog cloud could be considered to fall into the "some other visible phenomenon" aspect. In fact, I'm not sure my above statements about movement on Silent Image are quite RAW. It could be interpreted that the 'movement' portion of the spell description for Silent Image refers to Movement outside the 15' cube of the effect, just like the effects on the victim of the Booming Blade spell only trigger when the subject uses some or all of its allotted movement speed, not scratching his nose, defending, attacking etc. As such, a swarm of silent bees that remained in the 15' cube could be allowed without the caster spending additional actions. Or a banner flapping in the wind. Or a sentry pacing back and forth withing the cube? I'd be inclined to allow all of these, though the creature pacing back and forth sounds a bit too much for some reason. If you want to have the Image move beyond the 15' cube or appear to react or interact with the environment, then I would require an action from the caster. [/QUOTE]

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