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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 8333171" data-attributes="member: 5889">On the magic missile debate, while I rule it as a single source of damage…i do think the 3 source interpretation has more weight in the rules.in 5e there is no mechanic for the combining of multiple sources of damage into one. We often do that as a convenience, but there is nothing about magic missile that says you go from 3 1d4+1 rolls into a single 3d4 + 3.meanwhile when you target 3 creatures, there seems to be common agreement that you roll damage 3 times, and each creature makes a concentration check. There is nothing in the spell that moving the damage to a single target changes the sources of damage.people will argue the word “simultaneous” does that…but there is no mechanical weight there…nothing that says 3 sources of damage when applied simultaneously suddenly merge their damage together.so I do think 3 sources are a more proper ruling…but I also think it’s a more broken ruling…hence I do go with a single source in my game</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 8333171, member: 5889"] On the magic missile debate, while I rule it as a single source of damage…i do think the 3 source interpretation has more weight in the rules. in 5e there is no mechanic for the combining of multiple sources of damage into one. We often do that as a convenience, but there is nothing about magic missile that says you go from 3 1d4+1 rolls into a single 3d4 + 3. meanwhile when you target 3 creatures, there seems to be common agreement that you roll damage 3 times, and each creature makes a concentration check. There is nothing in the spell that moving the damage to a single target changes the sources of damage. people will argue the word “simultaneous” does that…but there is no mechanical weight there…nothing that says 3 sources of damage when applied simultaneously suddenly merge their damage together. so I do think 3 sources are a more proper ruling…but I also think it’s a more broken ruling…hence I do go with a single source in my game [/QUOTE]

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