thanks. i see that now, though i do not like it :(
As you said, i noticed true strike is worded differently than others like Booming Blade and Green Flame Blade which involve spell components but clearly state take the normal attack.
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. On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects,
It seems like an oversight on the True Strike spell wording.
True Strike is more recent, and part of the 5.5 revisions, so if we get GFB or BB again, they'll probably be structured more like TS.
(And you still don't make the weapon attack if GFB or BB are countered.)
True Strike: "...you make one attack with the weapon used in the spell’s casting."
Clearly, if you cast True Strike, then you make a weapon attack, that is part of the spell. (It says so in the spell description.)
Also, if I make a weapon attack, then I make an attack roll, that is part of the weapon attack. (Has been mentioned several times already.)
There's a base property of all rules systems called transitivity: if one thing is part of another thing and that other thing is part of a third thing, then the first thing is part of the third thing.
Therefore, the attack roll is part of True Strike. (Side note: Counterspell couldn't prevent the attack, if it were not part of the spell).
Innate Sorcery: "You have Advantage on the attack rolls of Sorcerer spells you cast."
It boils down to this question: What does "of" mean? Unless it's defined somewhere in the actual game rules, that I am not aware of, it means "belonging to", "being related to" or "being a part". All three options support the relation above.
It is an attack roll and it is (part) of a Sorcerer spell. Nothing else matters to Innate Sorcery, as stated above multiple times already.
Conclusion: I do have Advantage on that roll.
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True Strike is more recent, and part of the 5.5 revisions, so if we get GFB or BB again, they'll probably be structured more like TS.
(And you still don't make the weapon attack if GFB or BB are countered.)
Clearly, if you cast True Strike, then you make a weapon attack, that is part of the spell. (It says so in the spell description.)
Also, if I make a weapon attack, then I make an attack roll, that is part of the weapon attack. (Has been mentioned several times already.)
There's a base property of all rules systems called transitivity: if one thing is part of another thing and that other thing is part of a third thing, then the first thing is part of the third thing.
Therefore, the attack roll is part of True Strike. (Side note: Counterspell couldn't prevent the attack, if it were not part of the spell).
Innate Sorcery: "You have Advantage on the attack rolls of Sorcerer spells you cast."
It boils down to this question: What does "of" mean?
Unless it's defined somewhere in the actual game rules, that I am not aware of, it means "belonging to", "being related to" or "being a part". All three options support the relation above.
It is an attack roll and it is (part) of a Sorcerer spell. Nothing else matters to Innate Sorcery, as stated above multiple times already.
Conclusion: I do have Advantage on that roll.