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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8687796" data-attributes="member: 6987520">But if it makes the save, how do they know? Perhaps the spell failed to do anything because it is a chest?Let me put it this way:Player: I cast toll the dead on the chest in case it is a mimic.DM: (rolls d20 behind screen) Nothing happens.Player: AHA! He rolled a save, it is a creature! We attack!!!ORPlayer: I cast toll the dead on the chest in case it is a mimic.DM: Nothing happens.Player: Guess it is just a chest and my spell didn't work on it.Does the die roll indicate something is going on to the character? Of course not.OF COURSE... here's the thing: toll the dead is a cantrip. The PC can cast it 5 or 6 times if they want. If the mimic makes all those saves... well, they think it's a chest. If it is a chest, the spell never has any affect on it and, well, they still think it's a chest. But, if it fails a save, now it takes damage and reacts visibly to being "injured" and they will likely know its a mimic...</blockquote>