Adjuticating Illusions [Archive] - Wizards Community

Adjuticating Illusions [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Wraith428
05-04-07, 04:37 PM Hey there,

Got a player interested in playing a character who will be using a lot of illusion magic and wanted to know if there was anymore information out their on adjudicating illusions other than the really small and unspecific section on disbelief in the PHB.

I'm looking for anything that is more concrete, such as "what constitutes studied carefully?"

Thanks,

Wraith428
tarkin
05-04-07, 04:56 PM Study it carefully.

Usually means to me that they spend a standard action attempting to learn something about it.

I personally rule that while doing it, you are flatfooted (except against attacks made by the thing you are studying) because you are not paying attention to any other thing.
wal9000
05-04-07, 05:26 PM Agreed. Also, don't just have people study something carefully just because you as the DM know it's an illusion. If a wizard uses wall of stone in combat, nobody's going to take time to study it unless they really need to get through it. If there are people on the same side that someone's busy killing, he should probably be focused on killing them.

People/monsters should be no more likely to carefully stare at his illusions than they would be to stare at the real thing. They don't know it's not an actual wall of stone, which is the whole point of illusion spells.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Wraith428 05-04-07, 04:37 PM	Hey there, Got a player interested in playing a character who will be using a lot of illusion magic and wanted to know if there was anymore information out their on adjudicating illusions other than the really small and unspecific section on disbelief in the PHB. I'm looking for anything that is more concrete, such as "what constitutes studied carefully?" Thanks, Wraith428
tarkin 05-04-07, 04:56 PM	Study it carefully. Usually means to me that they spend a standard action attempting to learn something about it. I personally rule that while doing it, you are flatfooted (except against attacks made by the thing you are studying) because you are not paying attention to any other thing.
wal9000 05-04-07, 05:26 PM	Agreed. Also, don't just have people study something carefully just because you as the DM know it's an illusion. If a wizard uses wall of stone in combat, nobody's going to take time to study it unless they really need to get through it. If there are people on the same side that someone's busy killing, he should probably be focused on killing them. People/monsters should be no more likely to carefully stare at his illusions than they would be to stare at the real thing. They don't know it's not an actual wall of stone, which is the whole point of illusion spells.