Although it makes a certain sense to me that an area effect spell might that has a more tangible physical effect (falling chunks of ice from Ice Storm or the bludgeoning effect of Evard's Black Tentacles) would destroy the duplicates, I think for simplicity's sake its easier to rule that the duplicates must be targeted directly to dispel them.
If all the images are getting hit, it's not obvious which is real, so the duplicates are still believable illusions. When only one gets hit at a time, everyone disbelieves it and it goes away. At least that's how I interpret it.
Thoughts on how an area effect spell interacts with duplicates generated by Mirror Image.
According to the spell description, "A duplicate can be destroyed only by an attack that hits it."
Does this imply that only area effect spells with that "hit" the duplicate physically are effective?
So a spell like Ice Storm could "hit" and destroy a duplicate but something like Stinking Cloud would not?
Thanks. I appreciate it.
Although it makes a certain sense to me that an area effect spell might that has a more tangible physical effect (falling chunks of ice from Ice Storm or the bludgeoning effect of Evard's Black Tentacles) would destroy the duplicates, I think for simplicity's sake its easier to rule that the duplicates must be targeted directly to dispel them.
Not convoluted at all. Thanks for the solid answer.
If all the images are getting hit, it's not obvious which is real, so the duplicates are still believable illusions. When only one gets hit at a time, everyone disbelieves it and it goes away. At least that's how I interpret it.
Another good arrow for the quiver. Thanks!