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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 2621328" data-attributes="member: 7533">An Anecdote conerning Magic Missle:A while back, my players were going up against a barbaric orc tribe.  The orcs had a sorcerer amongst them, who I wanted to give shamanistic feel.  He had, of course, Magic Missile as a first level spell.  All I really did was describe the spell's effect a little bit differently than the usual cloing blasts of magic...Me: "As you fight the orc warriors another orc appears on the opposite side of the cavern, about eighty feet away.  He's swathed in fur robes and cloaks, has fetishes dangling from his hair and about his neck, and carries a long curved dagger made of some sort of horn, bone or ivory.  He eyes The Fighter, obviously the strongest enemy facing his warriors.  From where he stands, he mutters a curse, and slashes his bone dagger three times through the empty air in front of him.Me: "Fighter, each times the shaman slashes his dagger, you feel a burning line drawn across your chest. You take... [DICE ROLL] ...12 points of damage total.  You can feel a few drops of blood running down your belly, even though your armor doesn't have the slightest mark on it."Fighter: "Don't I get a saving throw?"Me: "Nope."Fighter: "But you didn't roll an attack roll for him."Me: "Nope."Fighter: "So he just does 12 points of damage automatically right through my armor?"Me: "That's right."Fighter: "That hardly seems fair."Wizard: "Wow.  Crazy spell.  I've got to find a copy of that for my spellbook. What is it?"Me:  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> The fact was, when my players didn't know what the spell was, they were that close to calling bull <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> on a spell that deals a modest amount of damage, but doesn't require a saving throw, doesn't require an attack roll, ignores armor, can hit multiple targets, and practically always hits without fail.</blockquote>

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