Clarification about the Warminds Sweeping Strike. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Deekin

04-10-07, 09:11 PM
Sweeping Strike (Ex)

At 5th level, a war mind gains the ability to make great, sweeping swings with a melee weapon. On each melee attack a war mind makes, he can choose squares he threatens that are adjacent to each other, and his attacks apply to creatures in those two squares equally. A war mind can use this ability on any attack, even an attack of opportunity or a cleave attempt.

A war mind cannot use this ability if he has moved more than 10 feet since the end of his last turn. If a war mind drops one or both of his foes with a sweeping strike, he can attempt a cleave normally; however, he makes only one cleave attempt per sweeping strike, even if he drops more than one foe.

Does that mean that if the same creature occupies the 2 adjacent squares, like a large critter, I can hit it twice?
Tempest Stormwind

04-10-07, 09:13 PM
Does that mean that if the same creature occupies the 2 adjacent squares, like a large critter, I can hit it twice?

No. Note how it says the attack applies to creatures in those squares equally instead of just those squares equally. You're still hitting the same big target; it's just a wider swing.