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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8441623" data-attributes="member: 6988941">That depends how many times they manage to cast it before they are killed by a very powerful dragon. With 10.5 average damage it would take 92 castings of magic missile at 1st level to kill a Chromatic Greatwyrm and 97 to kill a Metallic Greatwyrm (ignoring the issue of overkill damage being erased when they enter their Mythic form).On average it requires 274 individual magic missiles to down a Chromatic Greatwyrm and 290 to down a Metallic Greatwyrm. Focusing on the Chomatic this could be achieved by 46 1st level Wizards using both their spell slots, 31 2nd level Wizards using all three of their spell slots, but a mere 14 3rd level Wizards using all six of their spell slots (the boost to full spellcasters at level 3 is substantial).  9 Level 5 Wizards could do it (though 8 comes very close and might manage it). 4 Level 10 Wizards could do it. 2 Level 20 Wizards would not quite be up to it, though one level 18 Wizard with Magic Missile as a Spell Mastery choice could do it solo without ever burning a spell slot provided he could otherwise survive 92 rounds with a Chromatic Greatwyrm. It would take 25 Level 17+ Wizards to down it in one round using level 9 spell slots, but 13 could almost manage it using level 9 and 8 spell slots over 2 rounds, or in one round if we counted all of them wishing for simulacra the night before and each casting their 9 level magic missiles while the simulacra cast 8th level.But once we throw in the much more complicated to model issue of how fast a Greatwyrm could down various numbers of Wizards the calculations all become much harder. In any case I think a Greatwyrm trying to solo Hogwarts would quickly regret it.</blockquote>

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