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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8544239" data-attributes="member: 7032025">Exactly as written, see "making an attack" in the PH. And since you seem to be wondering about why "melee", it's because there is a special rule about ranged attacks: "When you make a ranged attack with a weapon, a spell, or some other means, you have disadvantage on the attack roll if you are within 5 feet of a hostile creature who can see you and who isn’t incapacitated."So if you are within 5 feet of the target and your weapon is too (which it has to be to attack anyway), if it was a ranged spell attack, you would have disadvantage, which is silly for that spell. Hence the precision that it's a melee spell attack which does not have that specific rule.Obviously not, since the target would have total cover from the weapon and would therefore not be attackable. In general, when making an attack, you refer to the "making an attack" section of the rules, which tells you to "determines whether the target has cover". This has nothing to do with spiritual weapon or melee/ranged.Because, once more, the description of the spell is clear and says that the attacker is the caster, if he can barely see the creature, once more the rules on making an attack tell you "The DM determines whether the target has cover and whether you have <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#AdvantageandDisadvantage" target="_blank">advantage</a> or <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#AdvantageandDisadvantage" target="_blank">disadvantage</a> against the target."Then, once more, the rule on Unseen Attackers and Targets tell you, precisely: "When you attack a target that you can’t see, you have disadvantage on the attack roll. This is true whether you’re guessing the target’s location or you’re targeting a creature you can hear but not see."Again, all of these have NOTHING to do with spiritual weapon or prone, simply about making an attack...</blockquote>

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