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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ferghis" data-source="post: 5142609" data-attributes="member: 40483">I'd allow a character to reduce his or her attack bonus with a relatively controllable power, such as an attack with a weapon range (melee or ranged), or a ranged power that attacks a single target, but not with an area, burst or blast attacks that do not allow selective targeting. My logic is that non-selective area, blast or burst attacks, target a general area with the power, and the character unleashing the power would not have the ability to finely control it. On the other hand, you could easily fire a "warning shot" with a lightning bolt or a javelin, or even the warm light of divine glow...But I don't have an answer to your more specific question. It's arguable whether, without a real threat, the target of the spiritual weapon would continue to grant CA to allies. On one side, you have the bag of rats argument (attacks must be real and genuine to be able to use powers), but on the other hand, the weapon's attack and the CA effect are listed separately, and are sustained by two separate sentences in the sustain section of the power. I can't really say.</blockquote>