Timeline for How is "targeting" a spell defined for the Order Domain cleric's Voice of Authority feature?
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| May 11, 2021 at 21:11 | comment | added | Guybrush McKenzie | @intuited that’s a good pickup; I’ll have another look and revise the answer! | |
| May 11, 2021 at 21:10 | comment | added | intuited | Looking at the full feature text, I notice that it specifies that the attack happens "after the spell", which implies that, RAW, no attack would be triggered by Spiritual Weapon unless the caster chose to end concentration on it at that point. Based on this detail, it doesn't appear that Voice of Authority is intended to grant attacks on an ongoing basis by a single persistent spell. | |
| May 7, 2021 at 6:28 | comment | added | intuited | Whoops, make that Paladin 9 | |
| Apr 23, 2021 at 21:17 | comment | added | intuited | Does this mean that an Order Cleric 1 / Paladin 5 with Aura of Vitality up can use their bonus action every turn to give another party member an extra attack? | |
| Dec 27, 2018 at 0:18 | history | edited | Guybrush McKenzie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Fixed typo, added clarifying example of wording at the end
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| Dec 11, 2018 at 23:57 | history | edited | Guybrush McKenzie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Changed last section about rules as written; realised my earlier assessment might not be great
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| Dec 11, 2018 at 21:11 | comment | added | Guybrush McKenzie | @KamilDrakari good point! The wording is pretty loose, presumably to allow for spells which buff allies on turns after they are cast (though I can’t think of any though). The intent of the feature is clearly to give an extra bonus when buffing, I think, but perhaps strictly RAW spiritual weapon would work. But this is a case where the flavour should be clear enough to guide a DM’s ruling. | |
| Dec 11, 2018 at 20:13 | comment | added | Kamil Drakari | I will note that the rules for "what counts as a target" are not fully clear. In particular, your spiritual weapon example seems similar to dragon's breath (i.e. "spell creates an effect, later that effect deals damage), and Jeremy Crawford considers dragon's breath as targeting the creatures it damages as well. It may be that whatever logic is behind that ruling doesn't apply to spiritual weapon though. | |
| Dec 11, 2018 at 1:17 | history | edited | V2Blast | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added DNDBeyond link and page number
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| Dec 10, 2018 at 9:57 | history | answered | Guybrush McKenzie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |