Timeline for Can a Minor Illusion block light?
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| Jun 13 at 22:40 | comment | added | TREB | if it doesn't stop light then you would see everything behind the illusory object as well, not just bright light. You've ruled that Minor Illusion does nothing. Just because it blocks visible light wouldn't stop a Minor Illusion blocking the invisible light which is the heat from a fire. | |
| Feb 24, 2022 at 23:55 | comment | added | CrimRei | Illusion spells play tricks on the veiwers mind into believing that they see something. All light goes through the illusion, the illusion is not tricking the light to not shine, it is tricking you into believing there is something there. | |
| May 4, 2020 at 21:15 | comment | added | Mark Wells | @SeriousBri They don't. They just think they see it. This is also why Minor Illusions get weird and translucent once you figure out they're illusions. | |
| May 4, 2020 at 16:46 | comment | added | KorvinStarmast | @SeriousBri How can anyone see a piece of plate glass? | |
| May 3, 2020 at 16:24 | vote | accept | Joshua | ||
| May 2, 2020 at 19:27 | comment | added | SummerElk | @SeriousBri I thought about that, too, but that leads us down a rabbit hole of adding in real-world physics into a problem with magic. The answer is "because it's magical," unless we can find a ruling that further describes the properties of objects within a Minor Illusion spell. | |
| May 2, 2020 at 19:24 | comment | added | SeriousBri | If light doesn't reflect off the illusion, how does anyone see it? | |
| May 2, 2020 at 19:10 | history | answered | SummerElk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |