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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 2877412" data-attributes="member: 2525">The way I knew Magic Missle was overpowered was when our party sorceror, for the first ten levels, used it almost every single combat, usually multiple times.In fact she used it so often that she found the need to calculate how many times she could use it, assuming she was converting higher level spell slots into magic missles.She ROUTINELY used 4th level spell slots to cast magic missle.When a spell becomes so all-encompassing that you are willing to forget about most of your charaacter's other abilities so that you can zap a person behind cover while they are grappling, then yeah it is probably overpowered.And WOTC knew this going in.&nbsp; That's why they included magic items to defend specifically against this spell, and other spells that protect against this spell.&nbsp; They admitted in playtesting that magic missle dominated a lot of combats.Monte Cook's fix recently to make it an exotic spell was a good one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 2877412, member: 2525"] The way I knew Magic Missle was overpowered was when our party sorceror, for the first ten levels, used it almost every single combat, usually multiple times. In fact she used it so often that she found the need to calculate how many times she could use it, assuming she was converting higher level spell slots into magic missles. She ROUTINELY used 4th level spell slots to cast magic missle. When a spell becomes so all-encompassing that you are willing to forget about most of your charaacter's other abilities so that you can zap a person behind cover while they are grappling, then yeah it is probably overpowered. And WOTC knew this going in. That's why they included magic items to defend specifically against this spell, and other spells that protect against this spell. They admitted in playtesting that magic missle dominated a lot of combats. Monte Cook's fix recently to make it an exotic spell was a good one. [/QUOTE]

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