Concussive Smash (Spiritual Weapon)

This article is about the version of the attack used by Spiritual Weapons. For the normal weapon action, see Concussive Smash.

Concussive Smash is a weapon action available to mauls summoned by  Spiritual Weapon.

Description

Possibly  Daze your target. They can't take reactions and lose the Dexterity bonus to their Armour Class.

Properties

Cost

 Bonus Action
Damage: 2~9 + modifiers

1d8 + 1 + Spellcasting modifierForce

Details

Melee spell attack roll

CON Save (Hybrid DC)

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

Recharge: Short rest

At higher levels

Upcast: The damage of this attack increases by 1d8Force damage for every 2 spell slot levels above 2 used to cast  Spiritual Weapon.

Technical details

UID

Target_ConcussiveSmash_SpiritualWeapon_Maul

Spell flags

IsDefaultWeaponAction, IsHarmful, IsMelee

Condition: Dazed

 Dazed

Duration: 2 turns

DC hybrid  Constitution saving throw

• Has Disadvantage on Wisdom Saving throws, can't take Reactions, and loses the Dexterity bonus to their  Armour Class.
• Removed if an ally Helps this creature.

How to learn

Used by creatures: Spiritual Weapon (maul)

Notes

• The attack roll and damage for this attack uses the summoner's spellcasting modifier, but the DC to inflict the condition is based on the summoned weapon's weapon action DC (with an inherent +2 bonus). Since the weapon has ability scores of 10, this results in a DC of just 12 (at proficiency bonus of 2) to 14 (at proficiency bonus of 4).
• The once per short rest cooldown of this attack is reset when resummoning a spiritual weapon, so it is effectively once per summon instead.

Bugs

• The in-game tooltip is incorrect - all the damage dealt is Force damage.
  • Contrary to other Spiritual Weapon attacks, the damage dealt is non-magical.