Does blessed strikes work with spiritual weapon?

No. Because you are using a spell attack rather than a weapon attack, Divine Strike can’t be used with Spiritual weapon.

Is Divine Strike magical?

You have interpreted Divine Strike correctly: it’s not magical. It might seem surprising coming from a feature that often deals radiant damage, and that gives you “the ability to infuse your weapon strikes with divine energy” (PHB, p. 63), but a cleric’s Divine Strike is not inherently magical.

Does spiritual weapon count for Divine Strike?

Sadly, no. Spiritual Weapon is a melee spell attack, and Divine Strike specifies that they have to be weapon attacks.

Can I use divine strike every turn?

Unfortunately Divine Strike requires it to be your turn: Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with a weapon attack. you can cause the attack to deal an extra 1d8 radiant damage to the target.

Can a paladin smite with spiritual weapon?

Per Crawford, No: you can’t use the paladin’s Divine Smite with a thrown weapon. The problem here, as you have correctly identified, is that the language is ambiguous: does “melee weapon attack” mean “a melee attack with a weapon” (your option 1), or “an attack with a melee weapon” (your option 2)?

Does spiritual weapon benefit from Bless?

Since spiritual weapon requires no concentration it makes it a very good spelll. So you could keep concentration on Bless to buff up you and two friends, attack with spiritual weapon and cast a cantrip. Or you could do a melee attack in lieu of the cantrip.

Is Divine strike a bonus action?

From 1st level, your god delivers bolts of inspiration to you while you are engaged in battle. When you use the Attack action, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action. At 8th level, you gain the ability to infuse your weapon strikes with divine energy.

Does booming blade work with Divine Strike?

Yes. Part the booming blade cantrip is the making of a weapon attack. (You still have to hit if you desire Divine Strike damage). As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell’s range, otherwise the spell fails.

Does divine strike work with ranged weapons?

The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon. The only thing you may not be able to apply is Divine Strike which says: Once on each of the cleric’s turns when he or she hits a creature with a weapon attack, the cleric can cause the attack to deal an extra 1d8 damage to the target.

Can you smite with a reach weapon?

If you throw a weapon, you can’t smite with that attack. A thrown weapon is a ranged attack. If your weapon gives you reach, you can smite targets that aren’t next to you. Because reach lets you melee further away.

Can you smite with an improvised weapon?

Improvised weapons count as weapons, all smite says is “weapon attack”, so you couldn’t do it with your fists (which is NONSENSE), but RAW you should be able to smite with your bible or a barstool.

Can a spiritual weapon crit?

In 5e, a spiritual weapon produces an effect that appears as your deity’s favored weapon. And it uses that weapon’s crit range and multiplier. It uses the caster’s BAB to attack and determine if it gets multiple attacks after the first round.

When do unarmed strikes start to count as Magic?

Starting at 6th level, your unarmed strikes count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. This is also supported by Jeremy Crawford’s tweet.

What kind of magic has no effect on the target?

Spells and other magical effects, such as magic missile and charm person, that target a creature or an object in the sphere have no effect on that target. The Magic of Ki (PHB, p. 76) Monks make careful study of a magical energy that most monastic traditions call ki.

Can you use divine strike with Primal savagery?

Thus, Divine Strike will not work to grant additional damage with primal savagery. No, it’s not a weapon attack. Make a melee spell attack against one creature within 5 feet of you. Thanks for contributing an answer to Role-playing Games Stack Exchange!

Can a martial arts ability count as Magic?

In summary and taking all definitions into consideration, it can probably best be put like this: Martial Arts abilities such as stunning strike, Flurry of Blows etc that use internal Ki do not count as magical effects and can be used regularly.