Bless and Spiritual Weapon

[sergeant.bus]

Bless should grant its bonus to SW but it does not. Is this a bug or a feature?

[IgnatiusJ.Reilly]

Is Spiritual Weapon considered a creature? I would think not, Bless would only work on creatures.

[DiceWrangler]

Spiritual Weapon is not a creature so cannot be the target of a Bless spell. That said, I can see how one could argue that the melee spell attack of a SW should be affected by Bless.

[Grumpy Old Dude]

Directed to OP...why do you think SW should benefit from BLESS?

As defined by the DnD 5.1 SRD (pg 122)

Bless
1st-level enchantment
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (a sprinkling of holy water)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You bless up to three creatures of your choice within range. Whenever a target makes an attack roll or a saving throw before the spell ends, the target can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to the attack roll or saving throw...

Key words...4th and 5th...three CREATURES

[tomyjp]

I haven't checked logs, but the Spiritual Weapon is also affected if the caster of the Spiritual Weapon is blessed?

https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/c2yiwc/bless_spiritual_weapon/
> Spiritual weapon states "When you cast the spell, you can make a melee spell attack against a creature within 5 feet of the weapon". Bless states "whenever a target makes an attack roll or saving throw before the spell ends, the target can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to the attack roll or saving throw."
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> RAW: this means a blessed caster (target) with an active spiritual weapon would use spell attack + d4 (bless), correct?

> It definitely should! Otherwise the wording would have verbiage along the lines of "when the Blessed target makes a weapon attack, they add 1d4 to the attack roll."
>
> Since it just says "attack roll" it doesnt matter if it's a weapon or spell attack, including the spiritual weapon spell attack

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/4a8vzn/5e_question_about_bless/
> 5e Question about Bless
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> Bless says it gives the affected characters +1d4 to attack rolls and saving throws. Does the bonus to attack rolls apply to spells attack rolls as well, or just to weapon attack rolls?

> Its +1d4 to all attack rolls and throws.
>
> Spell attack rolls are still attack rolls.

https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/200629/would-spells-that-modify-your-attack-bonus-such-as-bless-also-apply-to-spiritua
> Spiritual weapon:
>
> > you can make a melee spell attack
>
> Certainly yes, the caster is making an attack

[paolo.bera]

Originally posted by DiceWrangler:

Spiritual Weapon is not a creature so cannot be the target of a Bless spell. That said, I can see how one could argue that the melee spell attack of a SW should be affected by Bless.

A blessed caster should have bonus when attack with spiritual weapon:

SPIRITUAL WEAPON:
When YOU cast the spell, YOU can make a melee spell attack against a creature within 5 feet of the weapon.

BLESS:
You bless up to three creatures of your choice within range. Whenever a target makes an attack roll or a saving throw before the spell ends, the target can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to the attack roll or saving throw.