Magick Missile
(Evocation)
Magick Missile
(Evocation)
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Range: For each level of xperience of the MU, the range of his or her magick missile extends 1" beyond the 6" base range.
Effect: Use of the
magic
missile spell creates one or more magical missiles which dart
forth from the MU's fingertip and unerringly strike their TARGET.
Each missile does 2 to 5
HP
( d4+ 1 ) of damage.
If the MU
has multiple missile capability, he || she can have them strike a single
TARGET creature or several creatures, as desired.
For every 2 levels of experience,
the magic-user gains an additional missile, i.e. 2 at 3rd level, 3 at 5th
level, 4 at 7th level, etc.
Wu
Jen: The wu jen using this spell may cause a magical missile
to leap from his or her fingertips and unerringly strike the target, inflicting
2-5 points of damage.
These missiles can strike
multiple targets in the same AREA of effect.
The wu jen gains an additional
missile for every 2 additional levels, gaining another missile at 3d, 5th,
7th, 9th, and so on.
Special thanks to: Tim Kask
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| Level of MU | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Number of Missiles | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
hint : when this spell is
written in a MU descrip in an adventure, write magic missile (x), with
x being the number of magic missiles.
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Q: Is there a chance
that a magic missile will miss its TARGET?
A: No; a magic missile
always hit its target
unless it is protected by
certain magics (a
shield
spell or a brooch of shielding,
to
name a few).
(154.7)
Q. Can a magic missile
spell hit a
specific part of a creature
or object, ie
a hand or an eye?
A. No. A magic
missile may only be
targeted at a single creature
within
an area of 10 square feet.
Multiple
missiles may be aimed at
the same
creature, or at different
ones within
the target area. Like
any other form of
attack, a magic missile cannot
be
aimed at a specific part
of a creature
-- the AD&D Game
has no critical
hit system or separate HP
allocations (in the manner
of Rune Quest,
for example).
Finally, magic missiles
may not be
used against inanimate objects, et
door locks.
(Imagine #16)
Bargle the Infamous
wrote:
Hi Gary,
Another little question for you.
In the 1976 Greyhawk supplement, the Magic Missile spell description states that "for every five levels the magic-user has attained he may add an additional two missiles when employing this spell, so a 6th level magic-user may cast three magic missiles at his target, an 11th level magic-user casts five, and so on."
It seems to me that the soonest a magic-user may gain additional missiles is Level 6, but it's being argued on this forum that since your description doesn't explicitly state that Levels 6 and 11 are minimums (that being only implied), an alternative interpretation is that additional missiles should become available at levels 5, 10, and so on. It seems strange, however, that you would have mentioned 6 and 11 if they were not in fact the minimums.
It does seem clear what you meant, but for the sake of settling the dispute would you mind commentng on which interpretation is correct or, at least, closest to your original intent?
Thanks,
B
Sorry, but that game system
no langer has anything to do with me. Ask WotC 
As an outsider I can add
that whatever the DM decides regarding the matter is what the author of
the original game approves of.
the best solution is to
use the MAgic Missile spell found in the OAD&D game rules.
Cheerio,
Gary
Magic missile was inspired
by a film, THE RAVEN, as was the shield spell 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dannyalcatraz
I didn't want to do this,
but its sooooo simple and yet sooooo argued about:
In this thread, we've been
discussing using Magic Missile against opponents using Mirror Image.
I'm sure this issue has
come up in countless other threads and campaigns as well.
Technically, Magic Missile (targets creatures) should not be able to target Mirror Images (because they are figments). Yet many of us have played that they do, and have so for many years- unaware of the technicality.
When it came up in your games, how was that conflict adjudicated? Do you allow spells that "target creatures" to target illusions of creatures? What about things the caster erroneouslybelieves to be creatures?
Nowhere does it say that
a magic missile can't be sent against an illusion as its target.
The ability to cast a magic
missile doesn't make the one so doing able to determine if a TARGET is
illusory, partly non-material, a reflection in a mirror, or for that matter
protected by some magical device that absorbs the energy of the magic
missile.
The missile unerringly hits
the target desired to be struck by the caster as the caster perceives that
target.
If there are mirror
images, the migic missiles will dispell those illusions when they hit
them, make the real target apparent if there suffieient missiles being
sent forth.
Cheers,
Gary
Quote:
Originally Posted by Edena_of_Neith
2,000th reply! 
Gary, what could the original Magic Missile - as you conceived of it - do to non-living objects, if anything?
The envisaged effect for
a magic missile when impacting a non-living (other than undead), energiless
target was a fuzzle.
Sort of llike a spark that
sizzles a bit and does out leaving only a bit of scorched surface behing
to mark its passing.
I got the idea of the spell from the film The Raven with Boris Karloff, vincent Price, and Peter Laurie. So too the shield spell.
Cheers,
Gary
Quote:
Originally Posted by mythusmage
Once read a write-up from
a group where the DM envisioned Magic Missile as producing some form of
fire arm, the exact type depending on how many missiles the magic user
in question produced with each casting. It started with a single shot pistol
and worked its way up to some type of automatic rifle at the higher levels.
This in the day when MM had no upper limit to the number of rounds, required
a to-hit roll for each shot, and successful hits did 1d6+1 in damage.
We all know that there is
one magic missile per two levels above 1st, no limit to the total number,
and that they always hit.
The missiles spring from the caster's finger and dart unerringly to strike the target subjetc(s) regardless of any evasive attempts on the part of said target(s).
Cheers,
Gary
Quote:
Originally Posted by diaglo
no, that's Greyhawk written
by some guy named Gygax in 1975.
i think he goes by Col Pladoh here....
cheers,
diaglo
Heh...
Then you should also know that I replaced the quoted material with that found in the AD&D game's PHB in regards the working of the magic missile spell.
>>Casts 14 d4 missiles at
diaglo, each unerringly hitting for an average of 2.5 points of damage 
<<
Cheers,
Gary
A wizard unleashes a
magick missile.
Quote:
Originally Posted by diaglo
but... doesn't the PHB
say... 1d4+1... not that i want to take an extra 14 hps of damage...
<nervous laugh>
Oops! I forgot that in the excitment of sending those darts of force at you <confused>
So take 35 + 14 HPs of damage, and no shield spells, Broaches of Shielding, or Rings of Spell Turning allowed, or I'll have to follow Flexor's suggestion and use The Force to choke you <mad>
Cheers,
Gary
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