Magic missile

[hong]

So, fireball no longer does 1d6/level.

What if magic missile no longer did (1d4+1)/2 levels? What if it was 1d6?

What would YOUR reaction be?

 

[Elf Witch]

So, fireball no longer does 1d6/level.

What if magic missile no longer did (1d4+1)/2 levels? What if it was 1d6?

What would YOUR reaction be?

If it was still an instant hit spell I would house rule it in my game to being at least a range touch attack.

 

[Brennin Magalus]

So, fireball no longer does 1d6/level.

What if magic missile no longer did (1d4+1)/2 levels? What if it was 1d6?

What would YOUR reaction be?

I would angrily denounce the change and threaten to quit the game in a fit of pique.

 

[Li Shenron]

No reaction probably, the exact damage isn't the most important thing.

But I would certainly be disappointed if it's not an instant-hit anymore. I mean, if they add an attack roll for every possible good design reasons, then it's not the same concept anymore so let's call it Arcane Strike or something else, but not Magic Missile.

 

[Rechan]

I would love it if it were removed from the game. I hate the spell from its auto-hit to its name.

Every mage and their mother casts that spell, even at level 6. I grit my teeth every time I see it.

 

[Imp]

Oh, I bet that spell's just plain gone for some at-will eldritch blasty or x-per-encounter zapping power. Shrug.

Playing 1e it always struck me as strange that magic-users had their little plink spell on one hand, and then a couple levels later a tac-nuke, so I guess I am insufficiently religious about magic missiles and fireballs.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

So, fireball no longer does 1d6/level.

What if magic missile no longer did (1d4+1)/2 levels? What if it was 1d6?

What would YOUR reaction be?

It's no longer D&D! I would burn all my books and get "Runequest 4ever" tattooed across my chest.

 

[Baumi]

I would love a change from 1d4+1 to 1d6, simply because I hate "rolling" those d4's. And since the average damage is the same I don't see a reason not to like that.

 

[Scholar & Brutalman]

It's no longer D&D! I would burn all my books and get "Runequest 4ever" tattooed across my chest.

Huh! D&D died when they nerfed Sleep in 3.5! The signature first level M-U spell a pale shadow of its former glory, and the game a lurching corpse kept animated by an evil money-mad corporation!

 

[Hammerhead]

If it was still an instant hit spell I would house rule it in my game to being at least a range touch attack.

Yeah, magic missile already sucks. Let's make it worse!

Honestly, I wouldn't care about any kind of damage change, and I expect it to be replaced with a "Magic Blast" at will type ability.