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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azlan" data-source="post: 1259195" data-attributes="member: 2340">Yes, well, the same could be said about THAC0, but they got rid of that with 3E, didn't they?What gripes me is how the other 1st level "damage" spells -- Burning Hands, Shocking Grasp, etc. -- are neglected, due to the long range and "cannot miss" accuracy of Magic Missile's damage.Magic missiles are one of the most useful -- if not the most useful -- damage spells when your allies are engaged in melee with your opponent(s).And magic missiles are especially useful against NPCs and creatures with the Evasion ability!True story: I once had a demi-god manifest before the PCs in my campaign. (They were 6th level at the time.) The players got cocky and bad-mouthed the demi-god. (Heh. I see this attitude often among 3.0/3.5 players.) So, I had the demi-god blast them with a Lightning Bolt. All of the PCs made their Reflex saves, so they took half damage, which was still a considerable amount and more than enough to humble them. All of them, that is, except for the rogue, who took no damage because of his Evasion. The rogue's player chuckled over this, saying, "Cool! I dodged the lightning bolt of a demi-god!" To that, the demi-god replied, "Oh, yeah? Well, I got something for you 3rd edition rogues as well... " And the demi-god fired a volley of magic missiles at the rogue.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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