Improved Magic Missile?

[taliesin15]

I'm thinking of introducing Improved Magic Missile spells into my campaign. The first being either a 2nd or 3rd level spell where the damage is 1d6+1, another one at higher lvl being 1d8+1 and so forth, otherwise identical to the first lvl Mag Missile.

Has this been tried before? And what do people think? Too powerful? Just right as a 2nd lvl spell?

 

[Dykstrav]

There are already some spells designed to keep the magic missile chain going, presented in Spell Compendium. I don't recall seeing a "greater magic missile," although chain missile (which affects multiple targets) was one of the coolest spells in the book.

 

[Psion]

Isn't this a candidate for the house rules forum?

 

[rgard]

I'm thinking of introducing Improved Magic Missile spells into my campaign. The first being either a 2nd or 3rd level spell where the damage is 1d6+1, another one at higher lvl being 1d8+1 and so forth, otherwise identical to the first lvl Mag Missile.

Has this been tried before? And what do people think? Too powerful? Just right as a 2nd lvl spell?

We use it as a 2nd lvl spell with 1d6+1. Limited to a max of 5 dice. Works just fine. Nothing unbalanced about it.

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Grimstaff]

Back in 1E days, my group had a spell called "Improved Magic Missile" that was a 5th level spell, the only difference from the 1st level version being that you could fire off 1 missile per caster level! Yes, your 12th level Magic User fired off 12 missles instead of 6! It was never unbalancing or anything though...

 

[der_kluge]

I'm thinking of introducing Improved Magic Missile spells into my campaign.

SLAP!

 

[EricNoah]

You might want to weigh the issue ofwhether the 1st level shield spell will make the target immune to an improved version of magic missile.

 

[pawsplay]

Magic missile should have been designed with a ranged touch roll in 3.0.

 

[Slife]

Magic missile should have been designed with a ranged touch roll in 3.0.

Then you could have got force sneak attack damage on a magic missile.

 

[pawsplay]

Then you could have got force sneak attack damage on a magic missile.

Exactly!