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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 7113621" data-attributes="member: 413"><p>If Magic Missile (or Hold Person or Charm or Banishment or Polymorph) can target a mirror image, then can bless? </p><p></p><p>This conversation is just a constant rehash of the same arguments over and over. You have three options:</p><p></p><p>1) Only things with attack rolls interact with Magic Missile. Cut and dry. Easy to adjudicate. You don't have a second level spell defeating 8th level spells.</p><p></p><p>2) Any offensive spell that targets a creature interacts with MI. This, IMO treads into a lot of gray area and makes MI way more powerful than intended...but whatever...at least it's consistent.</p><p></p><p>3) Just make Magic Missile a special case. Generally if there is an attack roll, it's an attack. If not, it's not but Magic Missile is just an attack that auto hits. I don't think this unbalances anything. It might be desirable for a wizard to case magic missile and let it hit the images to clear them away before an ally goes because the 5th level fighter using action surge to make 4 attacks at (potentially) 1d12+5 damage per attack will probably bring the enemy caster down. </p><p></p><p>Take your pick and apply it to both PC and NPC casters and enjoy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uller, post: 7113621, member: 413"] If Magic Missile (or Hold Person or Charm or Banishment or Polymorph) can target a mirror image, then can bless? This conversation is just a constant rehash of the same arguments over and over. You have three options: 1) Only things with attack rolls interact with Magic Missile. Cut and dry. Easy to adjudicate. You don't have a second level spell defeating 8th level spells. 2) Any offensive spell that targets a creature interacts with MI. This, IMO treads into a lot of gray area and makes MI way more powerful than intended...but whatever...at least it's consistent. 3) Just make Magic Missile a special case. Generally if there is an attack roll, it's an attack. If not, it's not but Magic Missile is just an attack that auto hits. I don't think this unbalances anything. It might be desirable for a wizard to case magic missile and let it hit the images to clear them away before an ally goes because the 5th level fighter using action surge to make 4 attacks at (potentially) 1d12+5 damage per attack will probably bring the enemy caster down. Take your pick and apply it to both PC and NPC casters and enjoy. [/QUOTE]
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