Haunting Mist Spell targets


Rules Questions

Vigilant Seal

the spell "Haunting Mist" from Ultimate combat has a range of 20ft Radius centered on the caster. however it effects all creatures int he mist, does it also effect the caster? since it's an illusion of vapor does the caster become immune by default?

Here is the spell wording:

An illusion of misty vapor inhabited by shadowy shapes arises around you. It is stationary. The illusory mist obscures all sight, including darkvision, beyond 5 feet. A creature 5 feet away has concealment (attacks have a 20% miss chance). Creatures farther away have total concealment (50% miss chance, and the attacker cannot use sight to locate the target). All creatures within the mist must save or take 1d2 points of Wisdom damage and gain the shaken condition. The shaken condition lasts as long as the creature remains in the mist.


Hmmm. The rules presented in the Illusion page do not seem to touch on disbelieving your own Illusions.

Lets see Haunting mist is a figment/fear/shadow effect which means that it is partially real but... is fake at the same time.....

I always let people disbelieve their own Illusions as I do not think it makes sense not to. Its not really supported by raw far as I can see but I think its reasonable to assume.

Vigilant Seal

I couldn't find anything in the Rules that actually prevents this spell from impacting the caster. I can see this being useful for a caster who relies on will saves but if it's going to hit the caster too then it's not really a useful spell.

do you have any links to Illusion pages?


Haunting mist is not centered on the caster. It has a range of 20'.

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