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<blockquote data-quote="Larrin" data-source="post: 4506248" data-attributes="member: 55816">With the rules the way they are, if it would affect a clerics ranged attack, it will interfere with spiritual weapon.Cover is slightly tricky, Sp. Weapon conjures a weapon in the opponents square, thus&nbsp; its kind of impossible to have cover from the weapon.&nbsp;&nbsp; thus if the DM rules that the weapon is 'making the attack'&nbsp; then the target will never have cover against this attack.&nbsp; I don't see anything in the rules to support this, though. &nbsp;The rules state that 1) its a ranged attack 2)its wisdom vs AC,&nbsp; 1d10 + Wisdom modifier damage.&nbsp; 3) you conjure a weapon in the targets square and allies get combat advantage against the target.&nbsp; It never really says the weapon does the attacking.&nbsp; Now obviously, flavorwise, its the weapon that does the damage (we assume) but just from the rules there is NO reason to directly link the weapon to the damage (the flavor text does imply its the weapon attacking, but its just flavor, no true impact on effect).&nbsp; You could interpret it as divine power damaging the enemy while a ghostly weapon appears and menaces the target but never touches him.&nbsp; The rules support this interpretation as much as if you go with the conventional &quot;weapon smacks them&quot; interpretaion.Bottom line:&nbsp; The power implies that YOU make the attack, thus if your target has cover against YOU, regardless of where the weapon is, it has a cover bonus to defense.if you need fluff justification, link it to the cleric needing to see where to direct the weapon clearly when he makes the attacks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Larrin, post: 4506248, member: 55816"] With the rules the way they are, if it would affect a clerics ranged attack, it will interfere with spiritual weapon. Cover is slightly tricky, Sp. Weapon conjures a weapon in the opponents square, thus its kind of impossible to have cover from the weapon. thus if the DM rules that the weapon is 'making the attack' then the target will never have cover against this attack. I don't see anything in the rules to support this, though. The rules state that 1) its a ranged attack 2)its wisdom vs AC, 1d10 + Wisdom modifier damage. 3) you conjure a weapon in the targets square and allies get combat advantage against the target. It never really says the weapon does the attacking. Now obviously, flavorwise, its the weapon that does the damage (we assume) but just from the rules there is NO reason to directly link the weapon to the damage (the flavor text does imply its the weapon attacking, but its just flavor, no true impact on effect). You could interpret it as divine power damaging the enemy while a ghostly weapon appears and menaces the target but never touches him. The rules support this interpretation as much as if you go with the conventional "weapon smacks them" interpretaion. Bottom line: The power implies that YOU make the attack, thus if your target has cover against YOU, regardless of where the weapon is, it has a cover bonus to defense. if you need fluff justification, link it to the cleric needing to see where to direct the weapon clearly when he makes the attacks. [/QUOTE]

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