02-16-2018, 01:57 AM
Thanks for reading the article. I should have copied and pasted the relevant information but I was on my phone and in bed after another overnight shift and just wanted to sleep.
Of course any information in the article is usable at the DM's discretion. The main reason I posted about the article saying it requires an action was so they wouldn't attack. If it requires a move then they either can't reach us for a bite or they can change their standard action to a 2nd move action and move toward us OR if it requires a standard action then again all they can do is move toward us.
I would like to add that intelligence should play a roll in how they react. Creatures of animal intelligence don't have much of a frame of reference to decide how to react to an illusion. I believe that even if they make their save they might still be cautious and their actions may depend upon weighing whether or not we were worth the risk. Are they hungry enough to take the chance? I don't know what the food situation is for a forest but it shouldn't be too bad unless something else was going on.
I would also like to add that an insect should be in an even worse position to figure out what to do with an illusion. Because even with a successful save they would see a ghostly image if the object.
Of course any information in the article is usable at the DM's discretion. The main reason I posted about the article saying it requires an action was so they wouldn't attack. If it requires a move then they either can't reach us for a bite or they can change their standard action to a 2nd move action and move toward us OR if it requires a standard action then again all they can do is move toward us.
I would like to add that intelligence should play a roll in how they react. Creatures of animal intelligence don't have much of a frame of reference to decide how to react to an illusion. I believe that even if they make their save they might still be cautious and their actions may depend upon weighing whether or not we were worth the risk. Are they hungry enough to take the chance? I don't know what the food situation is for a forest but it shouldn't be too bad unless something else was going on.
I would also like to add that an insect should be in an even worse position to figure out what to do with an illusion. Because even with a successful save they would see a ghostly image if the object.