Can magic missile go through walls?

Nothing can physically pass through the wall. It is immune to all damage and can't be dispelled by dispel magic.
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What blocks magic missile?

Magic missile could only be blocked by a shield spell. However, it could not inflict damage to the hull of a spelljammer. The appearance of a magic missile could vary greatly.
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Does a magic missile need line of sight?

Magic Missiles can only target enemy units and the Wizard must have a line of sight to the target. A successfully cast Magic Missile automatically hits its target; there is no need to make a roll To Hit.
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How do you protect against magic missile?

Shield: An invisible barrier of magical force appears and protects you. Until the start of your next turn, you have a +5 bonus to AC, including against the triggering attack, and you take no damage from magic missile.
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Is a magic missile affected by cover?

Cover also factors in: 1) Neither half cover nor three quarters cover counts towards defense against magic missile because no 'to hit' rolls are required, and 2) Full cover protects against magic missile because the target cannot be seen nor targeted by spells.
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Can a magic missile go around walls?

As with every edge case in 5e - it's the DM's call. Magic Missile never missing does imply the darts have the ability to maneuver around obstacles. So, as long as there is a viable path around the Wall of Force, the Magic Missile is free to take that path. This is one of the huge points of contention in D&D 5E.
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What item makes you immune to magic missile?

While wearing this brooch, you have resistance to force damage, and you have immunity to damage from the magic missile spell.
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Can magic missile go through water?

The Magic Missile can fire through water (unlike the Flamelash, a similar guidable weapon).
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Can magic missile be countered?

Card Text: This spell can't be countered. Magic Missile deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.
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Can magic missile be stopped?

An easy way to become immune to the magic missile spell is Shield which provides a low-duration way of stopping all magic missiles - mages usually have to be aware of this when casting spells themselves!
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Do you have to see the target for Magic Missile?

The first reason you can't target the darkness is because magic missile doesn't allow you to target locations (or objects). Rather, magic missile requires its target to be a creature. The second reason you can't target the darkness is because you need to be able to see your target.
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Do you have to roll to hit with a magic missile?

The missiles are not auto-hit but require an attack roll. Each missile is 2d4+int modifier. A crit (natural 20) turns the damage to 5d4+int modifier (instead of normal crit rules of 4d4+int modifier) If you roll a nat 1 on either of the 3 dice, all missiles explode in your face doing 1 force damage per missile.
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Why does the magic missile always hit?

5. D&D's fourth-edition designers seemed uncomfortable with a spell that always hit without a save, so the edition's original version required an attack roll. When D&D fans griped that fourth veered too far from the game's roots, the designers appealed to nostalgia by again making the missiles always hit.
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Can magic missile be deflected?

Deflect Magic

Starting when you adopt this way at 3rd level, your Deflect Missiles feature also works on spells that require ranged attack rolls, as well as magic missile.
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How strong is magic missile?

You create three glowing darts of magical force. Each dart hits a creature of your choice that you can see within range. A dart deals 1d4+1 force damage to its target.
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Can you block Magic Missile?

Going behind map terrain, such as the tree trunks on Fortress, can block Magic Missiles from dealing any damage, assuming the missiles aren't too close to a player.
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How many times can you use Magic Missile?

As a bonus action on each of your turns, you can send one or all of the missiles to strike up to three creatures within range. Each missile deals 1d6 + 1 force damage and all missiles released on a turn strike simultaneously. You can only have one casting of this spell active at a time.
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Does shield work on Magic Missile?

The only spells that can nullify or stop a magic missile would be Counterspell or Shield.
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Does a Magic Missile go through walls?

Magic Missile will disappear as soon as it hits a door. Magic Missile will bounce off a wall in the opposite direction if it was travelling perpendicular to this wall (or hits a corner) or will turn by 90 degrees if it was travelling diagonally.
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Does magic resistance work against Magic Missile?

Magic resistance applies only if the successful casting of a spell would directly affect the resistant creature or item. Thus, magic resistance is effective against a magic missile (targeted at a creature or item) or a fireball spell (damaging the area the creature or item is in).
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What can I use instead of magic missile?

My five 1st-level spells better than Magic Missile in OSE:
  • Sleep – this is one powerful spell. ...
  • Charm Person – Man, this spell is poorly underrated. ...
  • Light – A great utility spell that can be a combat spell. ...
  • Read Languages – For 20 minutes the caster can read any language, code, map, or set of written instructions.
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Do you roll for magic missile to hit?

How does Magic Missile affect Concentration? Each missile is a separate source of damage, therefore the target must roll Concentration for each missile which strikes them. Jeremy Crawford has confirmed that this is how it works RAW.
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What does the wand of magic missiles do?

A wand of magic missiles can hold up to seven charges. As an action, a person holding the wand can expend one or more charges to cast Magic Missile. One charge will cast the base (first level) version of the spell; every additional charge used for a casting increases the spell slot by one level.
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