MAGIC MISSILE: Baldur's Gate 2 BG2

Magic Missile is a Best Spell BG2 in BioWare's cRPG of 1998-2001, Baldur's Gate 2. The magic damage inflicted by Magic Missile can be reduced by wearing Belt of Inertial Barrier BG2. See also: Magic Damage Resistance BG2.

• Magic Missile (Evocation)
• Level: 1
• Range: Visual range of caster 
• Duration: Instantaneous 
• Casting Time: 1 
• Area of Effect: 1 creature
• Saving Throw: None 

Magic Missile is a first circle arcane evocation that inflicts no-save 2d3 magic damage in BG1 and 1d4+1 magic damage in BG2 on a single target unless the target's illusions, wards or MR blocks it.

The number of missiles fired per casting scales for every two caster levels and caps out at five missiles for a ninth level caster.

Magic Missile is useful for dispersing enemy Mirror Images and disrupting enemy spellcasting. In BG2, it can be used to vanquish Mordenkainen's Swords. Also in BG2, a double dose of Magic Missile may be loaded into a Minor Sequencer for extra punch.

On the defensive end, Magic Resistance BG2 (MR) may and Shield will absorb the missiles, and five points of Magic Damage Resistance BG2 (MDR) will reliably block the damage but not the on-hit sprite anim "hit recovery" delay inflicted by the missiles.

MM's utility has been somewhat underrated due to Sleep being much more useful in the early going, but while Sleep becomes all but useless by the midway point, MM remains useful towards the end.

Magic Missile Item Code

The item code for Magic Missile is SCRL77.

Use of the Magic Missile spell, one of the most popular first level spells, creates up to five missiles of magical energy that dart forth from the wizard's fingertip and unerringly strike their target, which must be a creature of some sort. Each missile inflicts 1d4+1 points of damage. For every two extra levels of experience, the wizard gains an additional missile - he has two at 3rd level, three at 5th level, four at 7th level, and a maximum of five missiles at 9th level.

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