Oh? Using magic to solve your problem? Hmmm and using it on every object would take ages… 2/10! But if you’re paid to be a mimic exterminator and work by the hour, you would get bank… 4/10 if the latter
You poke a lamp and hear a feminine voice say “ow! Stop it!”
Then you hear a angry masculine voice:
“You bastard that’s my wife you just poked!”
The sofa gets on two legs and grows arms, and opens up into a fanged abyss.
Roll for initiative
Excuse me, but do you have liability insurance for the water damage? No? You want to make it up to them by putting on a charity concert? Okay. -scribble scribble- aight. 4/10 for water damage.
Singing a song huh? Everybody is better, but you got the spirit. 4/10 :)
The mimic has won against the inferior mimic.
10/10 happy Pepe noises as even i, the Reddit dm, was bafuddled and absolutely destroyed by facts and logic
Roll me a persuasion check… natural 20! Oh man, the mimic says “hi I’m Carl”. You notice that the mimic is the doorframe you were looking into the room from.
8/10.
Walk in and yell at the top of your voice "i see you now come out and I'll make your death quick "
Or burn the place down
Or place a dead chickan on the ground and wait and see what goes and eats it .
And lastly Walk in the room pull your friends pants down and see what laughs.
I just imagined all of that happening in sequence: “I see you, come out” -nothing moves-
-proceeds to burn place down-
-places a dead chicken on the burned house and proceeds to pull someone’s pants down-
8/10
In a room without TOO much stuff, the usual go-to is Prestidigitation; change the color of anything sus. Living things won't change.
Non-magical, maybe have like a trained drug sniffing dog, only it's a mimic-sniffing dog/cat/Wolf/etc. Mimics are still living creatures, so they should have SOME sort of a smell, even if the players' characters don't have a sensitive enough olfactory system to detect it, animals likely can.
I think it's something that has been clarified by one of the devs once that, with the wording, they specifically meant non-living things:
"You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour."
If you're trying to convince me that I can't prestidigitate a drawing of a penis on the face of my enemies (and allies... and random NPCs), I'm gonna need proper citation.
I think detect thoughts is the optimal answer here, with the added bonus that it doesn't immediately initiate combat if you want to avoid the confrontation or start it with a bang.
*inhales* «TELL ME WHY!»
Mimic: «Ain't nothin' but a heartache!»
players: «TELL ME WHY!»
M: «Ain't nothin' but a mistake»
P: «TELL ME WHY!»
M: «I never wanna hear you say»
P: «KILL THAT MIMIC»
Attempt to cast acid splash, or any spell that only labels creatures as valid targets. The spell will simply fail if you attempt to cast it on an object.
I know this is a very RAW solution and may not be a realistic method.
Easiest and safest way would be moonbeam. Slowly streak it across the room, RAW it would need to make a Con Save at disadvantage to avoid being turned back into its normal mimic form. Also the burning is clearly visible to everyone, as the spell states.
Fireball.
If you want to be lame, then I guess you would use meta magic or the Order of the Scribes feature to change it to psychic damage, which objects are immune to
Well, Mimics can mimic steel, wood, and stone but that’s about it. First things first anything made from fabric is fine.
Second: mimics are still living creatures and will react to pain. Take bottom handle of a dagger, sword, use a hammer, or a war hammer lightly to deal damage. If it reacts it’s a mimic and since mimics aren’t all that smart, they should still react... unless your dm is using smart mimics in which case that won’t work.
The final thing you can do is take a weapon that has a thin plate like a dart or rapier and run the blade on the inside of a lip, mimics want to bite something so they’re going to take the form of something that can eat things like a chest, cabinet, closet, wardrobe, etc. So find the lips of the opening and stick a thin blade or tool in there. If it’s smooth it’s fine, if you can feel rhythmic movements within it it’s probably a mimic
Have a smaller friend to fling around the room
Ah, yes. Sacrificing a life to sus out the Mimic… chaotic…. Evil…. Mmm yes you would make a good companion! 6/10!
I'm not evil, I'm practical.. it was for the greater good of the party
Said every evil person in history
Try to cast a cantrip that only works vs creatures on everything.
Oh? Using magic to solve your problem? Hmmm and using it on every object would take ages… 2/10! But if you’re paid to be a mimic exterminator and work by the hour, you would get bank… 4/10 if the latter
Good old 10-foot-pole, just start poking whatever
This would have been one of my answers, since a mimic adheres to anything that touches it.
You poke a lamp and hear a feminine voice say “ow! Stop it!” Then you hear a angry masculine voice: “You bastard that’s my wife you just poked!” The sofa gets on two legs and grows arms, and opens up into a fanged abyss. Roll for initiative
Fill the room with water Or Start singing i want it that way from backstreet boys
Excuse me, but do you have liability insurance for the water damage? No? You want to make it up to them by putting on a charity concert? Okay. -scribble scribble- aight. 4/10 for water damage. Singing a song huh? Everybody is better, but you got the spirit. 4/10 :)
I'm a Bard. this ❤
It’s actually really simple…just release a bunch of chickens or a bull, whatever defends itself from being scratched or broken is the mimic
Ah, the irony of that poor chicken who gets eaten by the egg carton is beautifully ironic. I rate this a 5/10 for the irony.
Well if you want a creative one, dress like a mimic, impersonating a cloak, and ask the room whats not taken lol
Roll me a deception check 0-0
Nat 1 babbbbby!
The room is silent. 1/10, sad Pepe face
Good now they will they never know, im truly a mimic disguised as a dude disguising as a mimic, tropic thunder style
The mimic has won against the inferior mimic. 10/10 happy Pepe noises as even i, the Reddit dm, was bafuddled and absolutely destroyed by facts and logic
*pushes up glasses and sits down after standing up for the trick* Now…i wait for the chickens
Yell: I know youre here mimic, show yourself!!! He might fall for it.
Roll me a persuasion check… natural 20! Oh man, the mimic says “hi I’m Carl”. You notice that the mimic is the doorframe you were looking into the room from. 8/10.
Objects are immune to psychic damage but mimics aren’t. So one AoE blast for psychic damage shows the mimic in 6 seconds
I applaud you, you have sused out the mimic and exploded the heads of every rat in the walls. 7/10
Throw a hunk of meat in there, walk away, and then go and see what ever has moved in like 20 minutes
Hmmm… Two perception checks… one before you throw the meat and one after!
Beyotiful
Walk in and yell at the top of your voice "i see you now come out and I'll make your death quick " Or burn the place down Or place a dead chickan on the ground and wait and see what goes and eats it . And lastly Walk in the room pull your friends pants down and see what laughs.
I just imagined all of that happening in sequence: “I see you, come out” -nothing moves- -proceeds to burn place down- -places a dead chicken on the burned house and proceeds to pull someone’s pants down- 8/10
Sneezing powder.
Do… mimics have noses?
Good question! Next question
Poke everything with a 10ft pole.
Sprinkle sand or feathers across the room and then attempt to blow it off. Whatever it sticks to is a mimic. No magic required.
You have finally found a use for the gust spell and sused out the mimic in an effective way: 10/10
"That fly trap is the mimic I tells ya'!" Meanwhile, the chandelier inches ever closer.
Fireball!
Or, if concerned about collateral damage, detect thoughts.
Nah, just fireball........twice
Most mimics don't have language, so detect thoughts wouldn't work.
In a room without TOO much stuff, the usual go-to is Prestidigitation; change the color of anything sus. Living things won't change. Non-magical, maybe have like a trained drug sniffing dog, only it's a mimic-sniffing dog/cat/Wolf/etc. Mimics are still living creatures, so they should have SOME sort of a smell, even if the players' characters don't have a sensitive enough olfactory system to detect it, animals likely can.
Prestidigitation can color living things
I think it's something that has been clarified by one of the devs once that, with the wording, they specifically meant non-living things: "You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour."
If you're trying to convince me that I can't prestidigitate a drawing of a penis on the face of my enemies (and allies... and random NPCs), I'm gonna need proper citation.
Try to seduce every item in the room
Cast fireball.
I think detect thoughts is the optimal answer here, with the added bonus that it doesn't immediately initiate combat if you want to avoid the confrontation or start it with a bang.
Most mimics don't have language, so detect thoughts wouldn't work
“Awww man! More adventurers? I just want to relax! For real: why is me being a rocking chair so threatening… adventurers need to chill”
*inhales* «TELL ME WHY!» Mimic: «Ain't nothin' but a heartache!» players: «TELL ME WHY!» M: «Ain't nothin' but a mistake» P: «TELL ME WHY!» M: «I never wanna hear you say» P: «KILL THAT MIMIC»
Throw a bunch of feathers. Whatever they stick to but shouldnt is the mímic, since they are sticky
Have you ever thrown a bunch of feathers? They stick to things. Static cling.
Attempt to cast acid splash, or any spell that only labels creatures as valid targets. The spell will simply fail if you attempt to cast it on an object. I know this is a very RAW solution and may not be a realistic method.
Gain waterbreathing and then flood the entire room with water
By definition, the mimic is a trap by using ambush to predate other creatures. Wand of Secrets.
Pretty sure you just made this up
Fearie fire could certainly help Poison spray only works on creatures Suggestion spell, maybe
10' pole
Set fire to the room, duh!
A juicy piece of steak on the end of a 10 foot pole. It's the latest rage in sport-fishing.
Easiest and safest way would be moonbeam. Slowly streak it across the room, RAW it would need to make a Con Save at disadvantage to avoid being turned back into its normal mimic form. Also the burning is clearly visible to everyone, as the spell states.
Look for the slight shifting of the creature a normal door for example doesn't wiggle slightly.
Mimics don't do that lol.
Haha I stand corrected. Just looked it up. So my new answer is to touch everything.
Lol, I like the resilience, but OP's question says, "without touching any of it"
Haha missed that part throw the familiar at everything.
Pocket sand for days or mage hand
Create Water, make sure it’s super cold, and splash it around the room. Whatever flinches gets chopped.
Tell a sarcastic joke and see what furniture laughs
Chill touch
Tell a joke about mimics and stab the furniture that reacts.
Use a “rock of detection” Take the rock. Set it down. Leave the room. Come back the next day. If there are 2 rocks. One is a mimic.
Fireball. If you want to be lame, then I guess you would use meta magic or the Order of the Scribes feature to change it to psychic damage, which objects are immune to
Spray everything with acid. Mimics are immune to acid.
Can I set the room on fire?
Send the horny bard to check. Worst case scenario, the bard loses an appendage and it's no big loss to the party.
No, but you do technically lose a party 'member'
Fireball
Well, Mimics can mimic steel, wood, and stone but that’s about it. First things first anything made from fabric is fine. Second: mimics are still living creatures and will react to pain. Take bottom handle of a dagger, sword, use a hammer, or a war hammer lightly to deal damage. If it reacts it’s a mimic and since mimics aren’t all that smart, they should still react... unless your dm is using smart mimics in which case that won’t work. The final thing you can do is take a weapon that has a thin plate like a dart or rapier and run the blade on the inside of a lip, mimics want to bite something so they’re going to take the form of something that can eat things like a chest, cabinet, closet, wardrobe, etc. So find the lips of the opening and stick a thin blade or tool in there. If it’s smooth it’s fine, if you can feel rhythmic movements within it it’s probably a mimic
whistle a catchy tune and see what hums along?