The dnd5.5 version of True Strike is a spell lets you make a weapon attack (Magic Action, NOT Attack Action).
The spell reads in part: "you make one attack with the weapon used in the spell’s casting. The attack uses your spellcasting ability for the attack and damage rolls instead of using Strength or Dexterity"
Now this brings me to my question: Does this count as a spell attack? If so, a sorcerer could do this attack with advantage (with innate sorcery), and if they have a magic item that adds a bonus to spell attacks (such as Robe of the Archmagi), could add this to the attack roll.
But hold on; the spell says you are making an attack with the weapon. Does this count as a weapons attack? If so, a magic weapon (+1, +2, +3) could provide an additional to hit bonus.
This feels like double dipping, especially because then a staff of power would effectively have +4 to hit.
TLDR: Is True Strike a spell attack, weapons attack, or both?
Innate Sorcery doesn't actually use the phrase "spell attack"; it says "You have Advantage on the attack rolls of Sorcerer spells you cast." It would take some Olympic-level mental gymnastics to argue that that didn't apply to True Strike regardless of whether it's a weapon attack or a spell attack.
Similarly, if you look at the actual description of Weapon, +1, it doesn't use the phrase "weapon attack". It says "You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon." And the description of True Strike says "you make one attack with the weapon". Again, the language there is pretty clear.
The question of whether the attack from True Strike counts as a spell attack is a little more ambiguous. I don't think there's a clear answer to that in the official rules right now.
True Strike is an attack with a weapon, so I'd say that is a weapon attack but there is only a very few cases where that probably matters. One case would be a Wand of the War Mage; You don't get to double dip with a +2 Rapier and a +2 Wand of the War Mage in this scenario.
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The dnd5.5 version of True Strike is a spell lets you make a weapon attack (Magic Action, NOT Attack Action).
The spell reads in part: "you make one attack with the weapon used in the spell’s casting. The attack uses your spellcasting ability for the attack and damage rolls instead of using Strength or Dexterity"
Now this brings me to my question: Does this count as a spell attack? If so, a sorcerer could do this attack with advantage (with innate sorcery), and if they have a magic item that adds a bonus to spell attacks (such as Robe of the Archmagi), could add this to the attack roll.
But hold on; the spell says you are making an attack with the weapon. Does this count as a weapons attack? If so, a magic weapon (+1, +2, +3) could provide an additional to hit bonus.
This feels like double dipping, especially because then a staff of power would effectively have +4 to hit.
TLDR: Is True Strike a spell attack, weapons attack, or both?
Innate Sorcery doesn't actually use the phrase "spell attack"; it says "You have Advantage on the attack rolls of Sorcerer spells you cast." It would take some Olympic-level mental gymnastics to argue that that didn't apply to True Strike regardless of whether it's a weapon attack or a spell attack.
Similarly, if you look at the actual description of Weapon, +1, it doesn't use the phrase "weapon attack". It says "You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon." And the description of True Strike says "you make one attack with the weapon". Again, the language there is pretty clear.
The question of whether the attack from True Strike counts as a spell attack is a little more ambiguous. I don't think there's a clear answer to that in the official rules right now.
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True Strike is an attack with a weapon, so I'd say that is a weapon attack but there is only a very few cases where that probably matters. One case would be a Wand of the War Mage; You don't get to double dip with a +2 Rapier and a +2 Wand of the War Mage in this scenario.