Unerring bolts of magical force strike and repel your foes
Evocation
Damage type: Force
Action: Standard (2 ticks)
Components: V,S
Duration: Instantaneous
Spell Lists: Arcane, Divine
Levels: 1,3,5,7,9,10
Range: Long (400 ft + 40 ft/level)
Magic Missile conjures glowing darts of force that unerringly strike their targets. Each missile both deals damage and pushes the creature it hits. The caster fires a number of missiles equal to their level, and each missile’s damage scales with that level.
The push effect is always 5 feet for the largest creature size the spell can affect at a given level. Smaller creatures are pushed farther: for every size category smaller than the maximum affected, the distance increases by 5 feet. Thus, at 10th level the spell can move a Colossal+ creature 5 feet per missile, but would move a Medium creature 30 feet.
Magic Missile also affects incorporeal creatures.
| Spell Level | Missiles | Damage per Missile per CL | Max Creature Size Affected | Push Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1d4 | Medium | 5 feet |
| 3 | 2 | 2d4 | Large | 5 feet |
| 5 | 3 | 4d4 | Huge | 5 feet |
| 7 | 4 | 8d4 | Gargantuan | 5 feet |
| 9 | 5 | 16d4 | Colossal | 5 feet |
| 10 | 10 | 32d4 | Colossal+ | 5 feet |