Yea I have to agree with Saga here, nothing in the feature indicates that the illusion is casting the spell, everything points to the character doing it and thus the tangibility (or lack of) of the illusion is irrelevant. The feature says that you can cast spells from a specified location and thus you can.
My kid (whom I play a lot of DnD with) is a huge Arsenal fan, btw!
In reading that line again about location -- the feature is closer to the Echo Knight than I thought, but this duplicate is limited to spells (and spell attacks) rather than any kind of attack. Thanks! T
Hi Again, As the heading of the thread states, I'm dealing with 5e rules and descriptions, ie 2014 PHB, not OneDnD/2024 -- if anyone has any insights to original question, please lmk and thanks! T
You seem to be misunderstanding some things. The 2024 rules are still very much 5e, so “I’m dealing with 5e rules” isn’t a useful clarification. We’re all dealing with 5e rules.
That said, nothing relevant to your question has changed between 2014 and 2024. You can cast spells as if you were in the illusion’s space. If you were in the illusion’s space, you wouldn’t have any trouble making the melee attack that is part of the spellcasting, so you can do it.
Got it -- I didn't realize WotC considered the new updates "5e" rather I thought it was designed to be 5e compatible. Your attentive reading of the phrase "as if you were in the illusion's space" clarifies it for me!
My kid (whom I play a lot of DnD with) is a huge Arsenal fan, btw!
In reading that line again about location -- the feature is closer to the Echo Knight than I thought, but this duplicate is limited to spells (and spell attacks) rather than any kind of attack. Thanks! T
Got it -- I didn't realize WotC considered the new updates "5e" rather I thought it was designed to be 5e compatible. Your attentive reading of the phrase "as if you were in the illusion's space" clarifies it for me!