The image disappears when struck by an opponent unless you cause the illusion to react appropriately.Situation:
Wizard casts Major Image, creates the illusion of a threatening monster that the bad guy then attacks. Bad guy fails its will save, so it still believes in the illusion. On her very next turn, the wizard does not maintain concentration on the illusion and does something else entirely.Question:
The wizard never spent a turn concentrating to maintain the illusion, so was she able to cause the illusion to react appropriately when it was attacked between her turns?
I would say that since Major Image has a duration of concentration + 3 that the image would last for 3 rounds after ceasing to concentrate. So, you would have have to concentrate for at least 1 round in order to cast the spell but after that, you get 3 rounds of the image for free before the effects cease.
Just a thought. :)
No. The image remains, but doesn't move if not directed. This would allow Mr. Bad Guy another save to disbelieve it.
If he thinks he's fighting a monster, but it suddenly stands still as a statue and doesn't react to his attacks, he might figure out something's wrong with this picture. All the same, he might think he's stunned it, or there's some other magic making it act that way, and keep attacking.
That's how I call it, anyway. Illusions are a lot better delineated than they were back when I was a young pup, but it still requires some GM calls. Someone else might see it differently.