If an illusionist is struck by a sword and the sword goes effortlessly through him/her, it can be due to a near endless list of reasons, for example
1.) The Illusionist may have cast Mislead
2.) The Illusionist may be using Illusory Self
3.) The Illusionist may have cast Major Image.
4.) The Illusionist may have a few levels of Trickster Cleric and be using Invoke Duplicity.
Of all of these, Illusory Self is different because it is once per short rest. This is important. If the attacker hits the illusionist with a sword and the sword passes through an illusion, then the attacker now needs to make a decision. Does he try to attack again? Or, does he search for the real illusionist (possibly spending his action doing so)? If he attacks again and the illusionist used Illusory Self, then the attacker has a decent chance of striking the Illusionist. But, odds are that the illusionist used some other trick (one of the other options in the list or some trick not listed) to achieve that effect. So, an attacker will have reason to believe that he should probably search for the real illusionist instead of attacking what is likely to be an illusion again.
Unless, of course, there is some reason that the attacker would have for believing that Illusory Self is being used. So, is there?
I'm thinking not. But, that makes Illusory Self in the hands of a clever player much more powerful. So, I want to make sure.
Think if it more like the attacker swiped away an afterimage the Illusionist was hiding behind. It's obvious after the attack it was an illusion, so the fastest and easiest way to check if the target is or is not an illusion would be to continue the assault.
The other options you presented don't actually remove the illusion when it's hit.
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If an illusionist is struck by a sword and the sword goes effortlessly through him/her, it can be due to a near endless list of reasons, for example
1.) The Illusionist may have cast Mislead
2.) The Illusionist may be using Illusory Self
3.) The Illusionist may have cast Major Image.
4.) The Illusionist may have a few levels of Trickster Cleric and be using Invoke Duplicity.
Of all of these, Illusory Self is different because it is once per short rest. This is important. If the attacker hits the illusionist with a sword and the sword passes through an illusion, then the attacker now needs to make a decision. Does he try to attack again? Or, does he search for the real illusionist (possibly spending his action doing so)? If he attacks again and the illusionist used Illusory Self, then the attacker has a decent chance of striking the Illusionist. But, odds are that the illusionist used some other trick (one of the other options in the list or some trick not listed) to achieve that effect. So, an attacker will have reason to believe that he should probably search for the real illusionist instead of attacking what is likely to be an illusion again.
Unless, of course, there is some reason that the attacker would have for believing that Illusory Self is being used. So, is there?
I'm thinking not. But, that makes Illusory Self in the hands of a clever player much more powerful. So, I want to make sure.
Think if it more like the attacker swiped away an afterimage the Illusionist was hiding behind. It's obvious after the attack it was an illusion, so the fastest and easiest way to check if the target is or is not an illusion would be to continue the assault.
The other options you presented don't actually remove the illusion when it's hit.