[OOC] Return to the Rusty Rat

[Toot]

"Silent Image:
Duration: Concentration
You can move the image within the limits of the size of the effect."

IMHO the caster could move the barrels with the victims, so they couldn't able touch it with their heads but they could touch it with their hands, ...

I completely agree.  I feel that one of the reasons why the duration is concentration is so the caster can actively make adjustments to the illusion to make it seem more real to the targets.

OOC - direct interaction means automatic success but I noticed this only after I rolled the saves... successful ones. Funny or not, these insects are clumsy but wise.

As I mentioned in the in game thread, I had a discussion in PM with DM Surrano about when Portho's cast a silent image.  In the PM I explained how the 1st level silent image is a "Figment' and therefore it has no substance.  The spell essentially just creates super realistic, visual only, hologram that don't hold up to touch.  Since they have no substance if Toot touched it he would immediately know it wasn't real.  I was told at the time by DM Surrano that he treats illusion spells like the rules treated them in 2nd edition.  Meaning if you fail your save you completely believe the illusion.  So even though Toot touched the wall of roots there was a chance that Toot could be tricked to believe the wall of roots were real, despite having a Wisdom of 24.  At the time I didn't attempt to debate any further because even though I disagreed with his interpretation of how illusions work in 3e I figured that it's his game and if that's the way he wanted Silent Image to work, then so be it.   

So I have to ask, which rule are we using?  The 3e rules where direct interaction means automatic success, like I was trying to explain in my PM about Portho's Silent Image?  Or is it by the 2e rules because of personal preference?