Magic Missile

Magic Missile

Type: Combat
MP Cost: N/A

Source:	Equipping a jewel-eyed wizard hat
Price:	N/A
Class:	N/A
Level:	N/A
Effect:	Deals 2-25 damage (depending on level)
When Used:

You cast Magic Missile. X missiles of magical energy dart forth from your fingertip and strike your target, dealing Y points of force damage.

Notes

MP cost is actually 2-6.
While fighting the darkness, if you cast Magic Missile, the following occurs (once per day):
You attack the darkness. An elf with blue... no, gray eyes falls out of the darkness, clutching a can of Mountain Stream. You wish briefly for some cheesy puffed corn snacks.
You acquire an item: Mountain Stream soda
Since the only way this skill can be granted is by equipping a jewel-eyed wizard hat, the MP cost of this skill is technically 2-6 MP, even though it will never cost more than 5 MP because the hat reduces the MP cost of all skills by 1.
Damage and MP cost vary by the player's level, similar to the D&D spell. The spell shoots one missile at levels 1-2, two at levels 3-4, three at levels 5-6, four at levels 7-8, and five missiles at level 9 and above. The spell costs 1 MP per missile, and causes 1d4+1 (2 to 5) damage per missile. The maximum damage this can do is therefore 5d4+5, or 10 to 25 damage.
This spell deals force damage which is treated as physical damage for the purposes of calculating resistances and weaknesses of monsters.

Magic Missile is a common Dungeons & Dragons spell that works approximately the same as this skill.
The combat text while fighting the darkness is a reference to Dead Alewives' Dungeons and Dragons sketch, which involves a character whose eye-color is in dispute, and someone demanding to know where the Mountain Dew and Cheetos (a cheesy puffed corn snack) are.
Interestingly, while the game did not contain any cheesy puffed corn snacks when this message was added, there now is a "Bag of Cheat-Os" item, which drops at the new Icy Peak.