Spiritual Weapon
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Jeff Wilder
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Pinotage said:
No. As evidenced by the fact that it can't flank or help provide a flank, the weapon does not threaten squares. (Or, so far as I can tell, even occupy a square.)
RigaMortus
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wilder_jw said:
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
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RigaMortus said:
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.
Laman Stahros
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The spell description says that it strikes as a spell, not a weapon. Based on that, I have never allowed a Spiritual Weapon to use AoOs.
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