Casting Mirror Image on the mount rather than the Rider

[Stephen Ede]

I've seen a couple of threads on casting Mirror Image on the Rider but not the mount and I think the weight of views was that the Mount would be unaffected.

I'm wondering about the reverse.
The straight rule been the spell targeted the Mount and not the Rider so the Rider gains no benefit seems simple, but I really have a hard time picturing the multiple images of the mount but only a single Rider image. Even for Mirror Image spell which is a horror of ill-logical on it's best day this seems a bit bizarre.

[Snowlilly]

Mirror Image is a personal spell. It cannot be cast on a mount.

*Unless the mount is a familiar/eidolon/animal companion, etc. with the share spells ability.

[Saldiven]

Stephen Ede wrote:

I've seen a couple of threads on casting Mirror Image on the Rider but not the mount and I think the weight of views was that the Mount would be unaffected.

I'm wondering about the reverse.
The straight rule been the spell targeted the Mount and not the Rider so the Rider gains no benefit seems simple, but I really have a hard time picturing the multiple images of the mount but only a single Rider image. Even for Mirror Image spell which is a horror of ill-logical on it's best day this seems a bit bizarre.

Regardless of how odd it might seem, the rules are crystal clear. Only the target gets the benefit of the spell.

[justaworm]

Stephen Ede wrote:

but I really have a hard time picturing the multiple images of the mount but only a single Rider image.

You could think of it more like how the Agents move in the Matrix. All the images are more or less on top of each other, if that helps. Even though it may be hard to visualize, that doesn't override the rules for the spell in any way. Someone can't pin-point the true target among the images just because of the mount's (or rider's) presence.

[Stephen Ede]

Snowlilly wrote:

Mirror Image is a personal spell. It cannot be cast on a mount.

*Unless the mount is a familiar/eidolon/animal companion, etc. with the share spells ability.

So you are saying it can only be cast on about 80% of the mounts used after 5th level that aren't spells in themselves. :P

[Snowlilly]

Stephen Ede wrote:

Snowlilly wrote:

Mirror Image is a personal spell. It cannot be cast on a mount.

*Unless the mount is a familiar/eidolon/animal companion, etc. with the share spells ability.

So you are saying it can only be cast on about 80% of the mounts used after 5th level that aren't spells in themselves. :P

There tends to be a very limited overlap between characters capable of casting Mirror Image and characters with mounts that are valid targets.