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Originally Posted by zot
The second-to-bottom paragraph on the left side of p139 that starts with,
Illusions of Inanimate Objects: An illusion of fire, wall, or shadow will behave just like the real thing until it vanishes or is disbelieved. The same is true for an illusion of a hand- held weapon or a Magic Rope. Mages theorize this is true because these few inanimate objects are so often seen as illusions that they have somehow acquired extra power. So illusions of fire, walls, shadow, hand-held weapons, and magic rope behave "just like the real thing". So illusionary fire does burn things, etc.
The rest of the paragraph goes into further explanation. |
I think you are reading a lot into the idea of behaving like the real thing.
Behaving like the real thing =/= burning things. I think that all it means is that it acts exactly like the spell (causes damage, looks the same, blockes line of sight, seems to provide heat, etc). But like getting killed by an illusion, a person who 'burned to death' would be unsinged after the effect ended.