If every bad guy reacts to suspect you cast an illusion the DM is metagaming, and you need to talk with him about it. If you were to cast a normal Wall of Fire or Wall of Stone NPCs should react the same way if you used Major Image to "cast" them. ![]() The DM knows you cast an illusion spell but that doesn't mean the NPCs know. However, then you get into the realm of how the DM handles all illusions. A target touching the phantasm is investigating - the intelligence check as its action. Instead surround it with a cage or walls of stone or plants with thorns sharp enough to cause the 1d6 psychic damage upon touching. If it means you can't think of anything to cause 1d6 psychic damage it's a price worth paying since the spell is better used as a means of control than damage - take the target out of the fight for awhile. In my opinion the safest way to use the spell so the DM has it work the way you intended is whatever you do don't have the phantasm physically touch the target, accepting a creature attacking it. The creature is engulfed in shadows: Is the creature blinded while affected?Īnything intended to harm the target causes 1d6 psychic damage as per the spell. The creature hears a loud dissonant sound: Is the creature deafened while affected? The target thinks its getting choked by an iron ring around its neck: Will the creature spend its action trying to remove it? Can the creature actually suffocate and die? The target sees a big bad enemy creature or frightening entity: Will the target attempt to attack that target instead of other creatures? Or maybe run away from it as if it was affected by a fear spell? ![]() The target catches on fire: Is the target distracted somehow? Penalty to attack rolls, AC or concentration? How would you rule the following scenarios? And do you have other suggestions for illusions? But what about phantasmal force? It is one of the very few spells that require an intelligence saving throw which makes it especially strong versus low intelligence enemies, but what is "fair" in regards to the effect of the illusion you create? I´ve seen multiple discussions on what is a fair use of spells like minor illusion and suggestion. ![]() There are a couple of spells in DnD 5e that is very much a DM call.
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