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Magic Missile

Level: Level 1 · Evocation
Cost: Action + 1st-level spell slot
Range: 18 m
Targets: 3
Damage: 3d4 + 3 Force
Components: Verbal, Somatic

Shoot 3 magical darts, each dealing 1d4 + 1 Force damage. They always hit their target.

Damage by spell slot

Average at 1st level

10.5

3d4 + 3 Force

Average at 6th level

8d4 + 8 Force

Per slot level

+3.5

each slot above 1st

1st-level slot10.5 3d4 + 3 Force
2nd-level slot14 4d4 + 4 Force
3rd-level slot17.5 5d4 + 5 Force
4th-level slot21 6d4 + 6 Force
5th-level slot24.5 7d4 + 7 Force
6th-level slot28 8d4 + 8 Force

Average damage of one cast at each spell slot, from the game's own upcast entries.

Slot	Damage	Targets	Average
1st	3d4 + 3 Force	3	10.5
2nd	4d4 + 4 Force	4	14
3rd	5d4 + 5 Force	5	17.5
4th	6d4 + 6 Force	6	21
5th	7d4 + 7 Force	7	24.5
6th	8d4 + 8 Force	8	28

Who can get it

From the game's class, subclass and race progression tables (the level is the class or character level it first becomes available at), feat choices, equipment boosts and scrolls.

Classes 3

Sorcerer · can pick, from level 1
Wizard · can pick, from level 1
Bard · can pick, from level 10

Subclasses 12

Abjuration (Wizard) · can pick, from level 2
Bladesinging (Wizard) · can pick, from level 2
Conjuration (Wizard) · can pick, from level 2
Divination (Wizard) · can pick, from level 2
Enchantment (Wizard) · can pick, from level 2
Evocation (Wizard) · can pick, from level 2
Illusion (Wizard) · can pick, from level 2
Necromancy (Wizard) · can pick, from level 2
Transmutation (Wizard) · can pick, from level 2
Arcane Trickster (Rogue) · can pick, from level 3
Eldritch Knight (Fighter) · can pick, from level 3
College of Lore (Bard) · can pick, from level 6

Feats 2

Magic Initiate: Sorcerer · can pick
Magic Initiate: Wizard · can pick

Equipment 2

Ne'er Misser · always known
Psychic Spark · always known

Scrolls and items 1

Scroll of Magic Missile · casts it, can copy into a spellbook