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#1 Sol_seeker Mar 16, 2015 0:24:09	Simple question regarding the second level Cleric Spell Spirtual Weapon. If you use Spiritual Weapon and it is in melee with a target, does that target gain disadvantage using ranged attacks? The question arose in a game and was hoping for clarifcation as its bound to pop up down the road.
#2 Byakugan01 Mar 16, 2015 0:46:15	Book isnt with me atm, but i can take a swing at this one.    Spiritual weapon makes a weapon fly around, but it is not a creature.  So, among other things it cannot make opportunity attacks or 'engage'  an opponent.   All it can do is change targets when prompted, and make a single attack each round.    It is a pretty solid spell as is.  Bonus action casting and no concentration required is pretty dang sweet.
#3 AaronOfBarbaria Mar 16, 2015 1:23:03	PHB, page 205: "...you have disadvantage on a ranged attack roll if you are within 5 feet of a hostile creature that can see you and that isn't incapacitated."   Nothing in the description of spiritual weapon states explicitly, nor clearly implies, that the weapon created via the spell is a creature nor that it can see anything.