Do Spiritual Weapons get AoO's?

[Ogrork the Mighty]

Yeah, but the weapon is also sort of brainless. It just hammers away at its target round after round. Your opponent letting down its guard doesn't affect that.

I agree - no AoO. I think the fact that it doesn't get flanking bonuses is more than enough justification.

But heh, YMMV.

 

[dcollins]

Up to the DM. In my game I rule "no".

 

[RigaMortus]

The fact that it can't flank doesn't really have anything to do with the ability to make AoOs. If I am flanking a Barbarian with Impr. Uncanny Dodge, he isn't really flanked. But if he moves through my threat range, I can still make an AoO on him.

Does the spell description actually say the spiritual weapon doesn't threaten the opponent? I can't remember if it does or not, because that is the key to whether it will be able to make an AoO or not.

 

[Jeff Wilder]

I'm repeating my response from the other thread.

The fact that it can't flank doesn't really have anything to do with the ability to make AoOs.

I didn't say that the ability to flank means the ability to make AoOs (or vice versa). I said the inability to flank demonstrates the fact that the spiritual weapon can't threaten ... and without the ability to threaten spaces, there's no ability to make attacks of opportunity into those spaces.

Similarly, I also observed that the spell description doesn't have the weapon occupying a square -- the closest it comes is saying which direction the spell's attack comes from -- and without a square from which to judge AoOs, you, well, can't judge AoOs.

The spell does not explicitly allow or disallow AoOs. But then, it doesn't have to.