Re: (TFT) Illusory Light?

[dwtulloh@zianet.com]

Matt Fraser writes:

> > 
> > > Fighters in combat with illusory creatures suffer no 
> > > real damage but THINK they have. 
> > 
> > Well, this is getting into a different argument, but 
> > still, I disagree; it seems to me that it is real 
> > damage.  The damage doesn't go away when the illusion 
> > ends or is disbelieved, it is just as lethal as any 
> > other damage, and it can be cured in exactly the same
> > way as any other damage.  
> 
> I agree with this as well.  AM specifically states (pg. 6) 
> that if you get hacked up by an illusion, your armor will
> be undamaged, but you will be "hacked to bits".  The 
> damage is real.  No matter how strongly you believe in
> mind over matter, I refuse to believe that by shear force
> of will you can create deep cuts an lacerations on your
> body.  The illusion does real damage to you.
> 

I dont have my copy of AM or AW handy, but the copy of Wizard 
that I have states "Any damage that it did, though, is REAL, 
and remains."

But it doesn't state how this damage is manifested.  While I
agree that it a stretch of the imagination to believe that 
sheer force of will can cause deep cuts or lacerations, I 
believe that the victim of the illusion can believe they are
there and will respond accordingly.  A modern analogy would
be a psychosomatic illness; the effects of the disease are 
all in the patients mind and a healer may have to go through
the motions of curing the disease (including administering
placebos or whatever) in order for the patient to believe 
that the illness is being cured.

Dan
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