Interplay between Mirror Image and Invisibility


Rules Questions


An issue came up in my weekly game recently involving mirror image and invis.

Background: I am a rogue/caster, I use magic to get position for sneaks, etc.

Situation: I cast a mirror image on myself to protect from ranged attacks as I maneuver. Realizing that the terrain is hampered, and all my opponents have reach (and my tumble is nonexistent) instead of racking up 4 AOOs as I move to flank, I decide to spend a turn and invis myself.

Issue: The GM decides that while I become invisible, my images do not, as they are copies of myself at the time that I cast the spell, and new spells will not affect the figments.

I believe that the figments will turn invisible with me, but because they are invis (as per the language in the spell), they are ineffective until the invis wears off (so that if one of the monsters had see invis, I'd be screwed).

What say you, O crowd of knowledge? Who is right?


The images look exactly like you. Wounds on your character would show up on the images and anything altering the look or visibility of your character changes the images as well. So they would turn invisible.

One could also argue the other way round. If a mage casts invis first, then Mirror Image and then attacks, the images wouldn't stay invisible.

Shadow Lodge

GM duties include being arbiter of the rules therefore the GM is correct.

That said here's this yahoo's opinion:

"If you are invisible or the attacker is blind, the spell has no effect (although the normal miss chances still apply)."

So Mirror image does nothing while you are invisible, but do the images become invisible too?

"These images remain in your space and move with you, mimicking your movements, sounds, and actions exactly."

Hmmmm, no clear answer, my initial reaction would be to make them all invisible for simplicities sake but I don't feel strongly either way.


Vective wrote:

An issue came up in my weekly game recently involving mirror image and invis.

Background: I am a rogue/caster, I use magic to get position for sneaks, etc.

Situation: I cast a mirror image on myself to protect from ranged attacks as I maneuver. Realizing that the terrain is hampered, and all my opponents have reach (and my tumble is nonexistent) instead of racking up 4 AOOs as I move to flank, I decide to spend a turn and invis myself.

Issue: The GM decides that while I become invisible, my images do not, as they are copies of myself at the time that I cast the spell, and new spells will not affect the figments.

I believe that the figments will turn invisible with me, but because they are invis (as per the language in the spell), they are ineffective until the invis wears off (so that if one of the monsters had see invis, I'd be screwed).

What say you, O crowd of knowledge? Who is right?

The images turn invisible when you do.

"These images remain in your space and move with you, mimicking your movements, sounds, and actions exactly."

Also, "An attacker must be able to see the figments to be fooled. If you are invisible or the attacker is blind, the spell has no effect..."

An attacker that can see invisible, can see and be fooled by the images.

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