Spiritual Weapon

This article is about the base spell. For other uses, see Spiritual Weapon (disambiguation).

Spiritual Weapon is a level 2 evocation spell. Summons a floating weapon that can attack enemies. You can choose between several different weapons, and each has a different weapon action.

Description

Summon a floating, spectral weapon that attacks your enemies alongside you.

Properties

Cost

 Bonus action +  Level 2 Spell Slot
Damage: 2~9 + modifiers

1d8 + 1 + Spellcasting modifierForce

Details

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

UID

Target_SpiritualWeapon

At higher levels

Upcasting: For every 2 spell slot levels higher than 2nd, the weapon gains 8 hit points and deals an additional 1d8Force damage.

Variants

•  Spiritual Weapon: Greataxe
•  Spiritual Weapon: Greatsword
•  Spiritual Weapon: Halberd
•  Spiritual Weapon: Maul
•  Spiritual Weapon: Spear
•  Spiritual Weapon: Trident

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Cleric, and War Domain (Domain Spell)
• Class level 5: Oath of the Crown (Oath Spell)
• Class level 6: College of Lore (via Magical Secrets)
• Class level 10: Bard (via Magical Secrets)

Granted by items:

• Sethan
• Harper Sacredstriker

Notes

• The summoned weapon rolls its own initiative (with a +0 bonus) and acts on its own turn rather than the summoner's turn.
• The weapon is Ethereal, Immune to Psychic and Poison damage, and Resistant to all other Damage Types.
• Each spiritual weapon lasts for 10 turns, and only one Spiritual Weapon may be summoned at any time.
• The caster's spellcasting modifier is added to both the damage and attack rolls of the summoned Spiritual Weapon.
• The summoned weapon also gets the caster's proficiency bonus added to its Attack rolls.
• On the other hand, the weapon action DC of the summoned weapon (used for example by  Spiritual Weapon: Spear to inflict  Gaping Wounds with  Piercing Strike) is fixed to 12 and does not benefit from the caster's spellcasting modifier.
• The greataxe, greatsword, and halberd variants of Spiritual Weapon are functionally identical. The spear and trident variants are also functionally identical.
• Spiritual Weapons cannot make opportunity attacks.
• The incantation for Spiritual Weapon is Ex Textura, Latin for "from the weave".

External links

• Spiritual weapon on the Forgotten Realms Wiki