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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 7119372" data-attributes="member: 6787650">Without getting sidetracked into a discussion of the relative merits of offensive vs. defensive tactics in 5E, suffice to say that Paper disproves Spock and Spock vaporizes Rock: (Rewritten) Mirror Image doesn't have to be strong against everything to be a worthwhile spell. It's great against Iron Golems and Disintegrate and Counterspell--it will save you somewhere between 60 and 200 HP against Iron Golems and Disintegrate--and it is poor against Fireball and Hypnotic Pattern.If it were great against Fireball and Hypnotic Pattern too, or even just ignored them, it would be (IMO) inappropriate as a 2nd level spell. It is better and more interesting if Thunderwave functions as a counter to Mirror Image. Besides--the hedge wizard is still wasting his action running up into melee range and casting Thunderwave, which invites its own counterplay (kill him).But, I've acknowledged my bias--I'm probably being influenced by aesthetic concerns and old memories (and modern games like Dominions 4). And I'm not actually planning on houseruling Mirror Image any time soon anyway--no one ever casts it anyway, so fixing the spell's logic isn't a high priority for me right now. YMMV.</blockquote>