Grease spell = grease fire?

[Nail]

I never played much 2e and didn't save my books. Once my group read that Magic Missile was limited to 5 missiles, we tossed it out as junk.

So...have you read about how many missiles the 3.xe Magic Missile can cast?

I'll be checking your garbage tomorrow morning.

 

[Cedric]

3.x has a robust enough skill system, that I've been able to stomach some of the things that made me toss 2e.

However, even then we played a hybrid game. THAC0 was a good idea, there were some other good concepts as well. We used the dual wielding rules from 2e more than 1e, but mostly stuck with 1e spells.

However, the magic missile thing still irks the crap out of me in 3.x. When I get home I'll post some of the higher level variant magic missile spells I've come up with in 3.x.

 

[Nail]

Shoot. I was looking forward to getting some free used gaming books.

Closer to being serious: I, too, have created some new "magic missile like" spells. The trick is realizing that Magic Missile is "too good" for a 1st level spell, so any spell you create to replace it (or higher level spells based on it) need to take that balance into account.