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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 8838535" data-attributes="member: 6787503">I'd thought of bringing that rule up earlier in the discussion when there seemed to be a question in some posters' minds about whether the caster of spiritual weapon was actually making an attack, but the spell itself says "When you cast the spell, you can make a melee spell attack" leaving no doubt that the caster of the spell is also the one who attacks and rendering the quoted rule unnecessary. We already know the cleric attacks. The question then seemed to become whether the caster is the one who hits on a successful attack, as required by fire shield. I think the natural language interpretation of the rules for attacks makes it clear that the caster does indeed hit on a successful attack.</blockquote>