That’s why in 3.5 edition I had my wizard design Unfailing Missiles. She was annoyed that Magic Missile was the only “guaranteed to hit” spell. Ironically, that was mostly because she had unknowingly picked up Improved Evasion when she decided that her familiar had to be a Pseudodragon. To design it she found a scroll of (Dalamar’s) Lightning Lance, and combined the properties of that spell with the properties of Magic Missile, then pumped it up to a 9th level spell.
Spell Effects: When cast Unfailing Missiles creates 3 orbs of Force/Sonic damage that can instantly hit up to 3 targets that are no more than 15° apart from each other. Each orb is barely visible and streaks towards the target. Each orb does 17d6+1 points of damage split evenly between Force and Sonic damage.
Why Force and Sonic? Because she had run into enemies that had various elemental resistances by that point, and wanted at least half the damage to be guaranteed to get through. You’d have to be wearing Epic Magic Items to be fully immune to both Force and Sonic damage at the same time.
She still had both Power Word Kill, and Mind Rape in her spell book for counter spelling purposes, because that’s how it worked back then.
That’s why in 3.5 edition I had my wizard design Unfailing Missiles. She was annoyed that Magic Missile was the only “guaranteed to hit” spell. Ironically, that was mostly because she had unknowingly picked up Improved Evasion when she decided that her familiar had to be a Pseudodragon. To design it she found a scroll of (Dalamar’s) Lightning Lance, and combined the properties of that spell with the properties of Magic Missile, then pumped it up to a 9th level spell.
Unfailing Missiles Wiz/Sor 9th level. V/S Range: Medium 100ft + 10ft/ level Casting time: instant
Spell Effects: When cast Unfailing Missiles creates 3 orbs of Force/Sonic damage that can instantly hit up to 3 targets that are no more than 15° apart from each other. Each orb is barely visible and streaks towards the target. Each orb does 17d6+1 points of damage split evenly between Force and Sonic damage.
Why Force and Sonic? Because she had run into enemies that had various elemental resistances by that point, and wanted at least half the damage to be guaranteed to get through. You’d have to be wearing Epic Magic Items to be fully immune to both Force and Sonic damage at the same time.
She still had both Power Word Kill, and Mind Rape in her spell book for counter spelling purposes, because that’s how it worked back then.
Mindrape is a WILD, and fitting, name for a spell.