You can’t create sufficient heat or cold to cause damage, a sound loud enough to deal thunder damage or deafen a creature, or a smell that might sicken a creature (like a troglodyte’s stench). Phantasmal force has no such restrictions. Instead, it states While a target is affected by the spell, the target treats the phantasm as if it were real.
How does phantasmal force work on a bag?
BTW according to sage advice ( ) phantasmal force can move with the creature. If it makes a creature believe something, and react then it works. If it attempts to make a creature do something or inflict a condition, then it fails.
How to tell if phantasmal force is an illusion?
The phantasm includes sound, temperature. and other stimuli, also evident only to the creature. The target can use its action to examine the phantasm with an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If the check succeeds, the target realizes that the phantasm is an illusion, and the spell ends.
Can You inflict blindness on a phantasmal force?
The sage advice is about inflicting blindness only. Since illusions effect primarily the visual and auditory senses this makes perfect sense. If you wanted to inflict restrained, say by using illusory chains, you could only trick the creature into believing it is trapped for a brief period.
What happens when a phantasmal force spell succeeds?
If the check succeeds, the target realizes that the phantasm is an illusion, and the spell ends. But in the very next sentence says… While a target is affected by the spell, the target treats the phantasm as if it were real.
What happens when you interact with a Phantasm?
While a target is affected by the spell, the target treats the phantasm as if it were real. The target rationalizes any illogical outcomes from interacting with the phantasm. An affected target is so convinced of the phantasm’s reality that it can even take damage from the illusion. A phantasm created to appear as a creature can attack the target.
Can a character be knocked prone by phantasmal force?
No, a character cannot be knocked prone or restrained by Phantasmal Force. There is no text in the spell description that states the affected creature can be the subject of any mechanical conditions. What is stated is that it treats the illusion as real despite any contradiction, which will be rationalized away.
