Plaguescarred
Hero
Thanks i didn't know for OD&D and forgot about 4E pre-errataYes, the very first incarnations of Magic Missile (OD&D and Holmes) essentially treated it as a magic arrow launched from a longbow. Even did 1d6+1 damage.
It became the more familiar unerringly auto-hitting 1d4+1 spell in 1981.
(And of course, pre-errata 4e also used attack rolls. It's amusing to me that in this instance, 4e is more closer to D&D's roots than anything else.)
