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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6257019" data-attributes="member: 6669384">Blind creatures may not be fooled by the spell, but they are often fooled simply by being blind.&nbsp; And if they plan to open their eyes periodically to orient themselves, then they're orienting themselves v a crowd of figments.Check the rules for targeting an invisible opponent.&nbsp; If you don't know which square to shoot or swing into into, you miss 100% of the time.&nbsp; You also give up AoO opportunities.So how, if you can't tell which square holds the real opponent when you're looking it it, will you be able to tell which one holds the target when you can't see at all?The advice to &quot;generally, roll randomly&quot; is a simple way to adjudicate the spell, specifically because there is no way for an observer to tell.&nbsp; For those who insist that their PC is &quot;special&quot; and can do what the spell specifically says they can't, or who can't envision a crowd of images without something on the board to mark them, use the markers.So, to be clear, the use of markers doesn't run contrary to the &quot;generally&quot; part of the spell description.&nbsp; It's what you use when &quot;generally&quot; isn't good enough.&nbsp; &quot;Generally&quot; isn't &quot;always&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 6257019, member: 6669384"] Blind creatures may not be fooled by the spell, but they are often fooled simply by being blind. And if they plan to open their eyes periodically to orient themselves, then they're orienting themselves v a crowd of figments. Check the rules for targeting an invisible opponent. If you don't know which square to shoot or swing into into, you miss 100% of the time. You also give up AoO opportunities. So how, if you can't tell which square holds the real opponent when you're looking it it, will you be able to tell which one holds the target when you can't see at all? The advice to "generally, roll randomly" is a simple way to adjudicate the spell, specifically because there is no way for an observer to tell. For those who insist that their PC is "special" and can do what the spell specifically says they can't, or who can't envision a crowd of images without something on the board to mark them, use the markers. So, to be clear, the use of markers doesn't run contrary to the "generally" part of the spell description. It's what you use when "generally" isn't good enough. "Generally" isn't "always". [/QUOTE]

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