Illusions vs. Technology, who wins?


Rules Questions


1.

Holographic Image (SFCRB, 360) wrote:
An object isn’t deceived by illusions (treat as if it had succeeded at its Will saving throw).
2.
Holographic Terrain (SFCRB, 360) wrote:

The illusion includes

audible, olfactory, tactile, and visual elements and is effective
against cameras
, living creatures, robots, and scrying spells.

3.

Implant Data (SFCRB, 361) is a 2nd level illusion spell that targets a computer and has no save.

=The Question=
If a security guard watches a live feed from his office (out of range/line of effect of a spellcaster), while a Holographic Terrain spell explicitly changes what he sees, does a disguise self spell still work? How about invisibility?

What if you are within range and line of effect to a spellcaster, but you're watching the world through a digital feed, like the camera on your comm unit, does an illusion that does not specifically affect an object work?


Given that the 'an object isn't decieved by illusions' bit is only listed on that particular spell, I'd argue that only that one is pierced by objects. Personally, I wouldn't allow characters to resist that just by pulling up their phones, becouse the illusion can easilly alter their perception of what's on the phones' screen aswell. the only things I'd say see through holographic image would be mindless/nonsentient machines that act on their own.


If the illusion can alter their perception of what's on the [] screen, how far does that extend? Within normal spell ranges? across a world? across the gulf of space? Is the illusion altering reality, or just the subjects' perception of it?


"Isn't deceived by illusion" is a tad misleading I think. I read it more as "if the illusion is trying to deceive you, you are not deceived" because some illusions create effects that are there whether you believe them or not. So in this kind of grey area I would just read it very strictly, it always makes it's will save and that is all (and I want to believe that is why they bothered to clarify in ()'s ). But this technically also means that objects/constructs can see silent image etc because you only get the will save if you interact with it. So, from across a world or the gulf of space (if your perception is that awesome) it would see the illusion, as soon as it trying to interact with the illusion though it would get its will save and know it's fake. It has been clarified that "seeing something" is not "interacting with something."

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