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Maybe this will help clarify. With Firebolt, the bolt of fire has no separate existence from the spell, so the spell directs you to make a ranged spell attack. It is part of that spell. With Bigby's Hand, the fist has no separate existence from the spell, so the spell directs you make a ranged...

Not according to the rules. 19 spells have spell attacks and that isn't one of them. Probably because the attack isn't part of the spell, rather it's a melee attack with a weapon that is modified BY the spell.

There is no attack roll "of the spell" happening. The weapon is a material component that is a pre-requisite to casting the spell. The subsequent attack roll is not an attack roll of the spell. An attack "of the spell" would be a Firebolt or Bigby's Hand for example. The weapon is being used...

Also, spell attack is in fact a separate category. It has it's own paragraph. "SPELL ATTACK A spell attack is an attack roll made as part of a spell or another magical effect. See also chapter 7 ("Casting Spells")." To be a spell attack, it needs to say melee spell attack or ranged spell...

It's pretty clear to me that they do differentiate, even if there is no specific separate categories. There's not much point in arguing that here, though, because the weapon is not a part of the spell effect of True Strike. It's a component only, specifically used in the spells casting, which...

It's still is a thing. When the PHB talks about melee attacks, it references strength. When it talks about ranged attacks, it references dexterity. When it references melee and ranged spell attacks, it changes to reference the spell attack modifier which is based on the spellcasting stat...

Spell Attack only appears 49 times in the 5.5e PHB. It has to appear 50 times to exist? :P

It was in my prior post, but here it is again, and it appears in 19 different spells in ranged and melee forms. From Bigby's Clenched Fist. "Clenched Fist. The hand strikes a target within 5 feet of it. Make a melee spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 5d8 Force damage." Melee and Ranged...

It's not an attack roll OF the spell. It's an attack roll outside of the spell by a material component. It was used in the casting, but is not a part of the spell beyond that. If you hit, you can use the spells effect to cause the material component to do radiant damage if you want. Edit...

Does not. The attack is not a sorcerer spell attack. It's a normal attack and not an attack that is part of the spell. The spell says the weapon is used in the casting, and it is. It's specifically the material component. Then you get to make a normal attack with the weapon that served as...

It is also in many spells. It's in too many places to be errors. I count 19 spells with it.

No. It's an attack from the weapon, which is used as the material component IN the spell. If it was from the spell, it would be a melee spell attack, but it isn't.

That quote is from the 5.5e PHB. The distinction is there. Page 247 in the Bigby's Hand spell. And in Chill Touch. And in Chromatic Orb. And... 5.5e does in fact have melee and ranged spell attacks, which is not the case with True Strike.

Spell attacks are still called out, though. "Clenched Fist. The hand strikes a target within 5 feet of it. Make a melee spell attack. On a hit, the target takes Sd8 Force damage." You are not making a melee spell attack with True Strike. You are making an attack, which is like an attack from...

It calls for an attack, not a spell attack.

I would say no. Even though the weapon is part of the spell's casting, the attack is not a sorcerer spell attack like Firebolt would be. It took me a minute of considering to come up with that answer, though. I could totally see a ruling in the other direction, but wouldn't rule that way myself.

I think it was the name. It went from commonly encountered by me to almost never encountered by me when we went from 2e to 3e. And every case I encountered in 3e was from someone who played ad&d.

We kicked the thief out of the party when we got back to civilization and it fell on me as party leader to let him know. That's when the player who was black accused me of racism and I came close to the only time I ever got into a fist fight over a game.

Yeah. I gate by proficiency quite often.

I disagree. Generic fill in the box settings are all WotC is giving us. Every setting has every race and class in it. Magic works the same. And so on. A unique setting like Dark Sun or Birthright doesn't happen anymore, because they need/want to appeal to the widest audience possible, and...