Magic missile

Magic missile is a damage type that appears in NetHack and is represented by the flag AD_MAGM.

Description

Attacks with the magic missile damage type inflict non-elemental magical damage that can be blocked with magic resistance in all cases: the check for magic resistance is distinguished from the check against a monster's MR score by using the damage type flag for magic missiles.

The following spells and attacks utilize magic missiles as a damage type:

• The magic missile spell used by the hero.
• The wand of magic missile when zapped by a hero or monster, or else when applied to break it and create an explosion.
• The magic missile monster spell used by Angels, the Oracle and Yeenoghu.
• The breath weapon of gray dragons, which can also be selected by the randomized breath weapon of the Chromatic Dragon.

All monsters that have a magic missile attack or random breath weapon also have magic resistance.

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