• Tutorials
  • Home

    • Basic Example: Bug Report for Magic Missile

    Action

    Result

    ===== spell: Magic Missile =====

    SA: none

    Affected Attribute: Hit Points

    ...-(1d4+1)*((level+1)/2)

    ***** WIZARD40 casts Magic Missile on Ogre *****

    We run:

    spell: Magic Missile

    ...SA: none

    ...SE: Magic Missile

    ......Effect is instant, so no SE attached

    ...Affected Attribute: HP

    ......-23 HP done

    monster: Ogre

    SA: none

    SE: none

    Affected Attribute: HP

    ...17 HP / 40 HP (17 current HP out of 40 max HP)

    The Magic Missile spell damages the target as expected, but not for the correct amount of damage. Here is the problems:

    1. The damage done is -(1d4+1)*((level+1)/2), and the level of the caster WIZARD40, is 40 -> -(1d4+1)*((40+1)/2). DC always rounds down in these situations, so we should have -(1d4+1)*20; which means the spell should only do 40, 60, 80 or 100 HP of damage, instead of the 23 HP done.