Magic Missile

Magic Missile is a level 1 evocation spell. It allows spellcasters to hit enemies with multiple projectiles that deal

Force damage.

Description

Create three darts of magical force, each dealing 1d4 + 1Force damage to its target.

The darts always hit their target, and can each be targeted individually.

Upcasting: Creates one additional dart per level also dealing 1d4 + 1

UID

Projectile_MagicMissile

Spell flags

HasHighGroundRangeExtension, HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsHarmful, IsSpell, RangeIgnoreVerticalThreshold

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Shield renders its recipient immune to Magic Missile.
The level 10 Evocation School Wizard feature Empowered Evocation add the wizard's Intelligence modifier to each missile.
Psychic Spark adds an extra dart to each Magic Missile cast (e.g. four total at spell level 1).
When interacting with effects like Death Ward and dealing multiple missile attacks to the same creature, assuming the 1st attack was sufficient to down the creature with Death Ward active, the 2nd attack appears to apply before Death Ward activates. This means that after 2 missile attacks the creature loses Death Ward but remains with 1HP:
- If the initial attack has 3 missiles the creature is downed on the 2nd attack and again for an actual kill on the 3rd attack.
- In the case of party members with Death Ward applied, they need to receive 6 missile attacks to actually die: 2 to break down the ward, 1 to get downed and 3 more to fail 3 Death Saving Throws. This effect appears to apply to all multi-application attacks such Scorching Ray and Eldritch Blast (as of 4.1.1.3669438).
The incantation for Magic Missile is Tormentum, Latin for "Catapult", "Missile", and "Torment".