Wand of the War Mage does not seem to apply its bonus to touch range spells (the wand is attuned and applying bonuses to ranged spells). The text says it applies its bonus to "spell attack rolls", so shouldn't that include melee spell attack rolls?
I was looking at Inflict Wounds, but now it seems to be working. I used to get different +hit for ranged attacks (like Guiding Bolt) and Inflict Wounds (e.g. +9 vs +7), but I just re-attuned the wand and they both show up as +9.
edit: the ranged spell was Guiding Bolt (important, because they use the same attribute).
having this problem where shocking grasp is not showing up as a +7 like all my others instead it's showing up as +6. like it's not counting my wand of the war mage bonus into it.
having this problem where shocking grasp is not showing up as a +7 like all my others instead it's showing up as +6. like it's not counting my wand of the war mage bonus into it.
Please provide a link to your character sheet so someone can take a look.
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I have the same problem. I think the reason is that I choose shocking grasp as Pact Boon (Pact of the Book) spell. If I choose any other spell with same feature I have same problem. Is there any solution to this? https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/Horz90/characters/51161433
I have the same problem. I think the reason is that I choose shocking grasp as Pact Boon (Pact of the Book) spell. If I choose any other spell with same feature I have same problem. Is there any solution to this? https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/Horz90/characters/51161433
Spells granted by a feature instead like that don't currently get the proper bonus to spell attacks from magic items.
But, one thing you could do is switch Shocking Grasp for Mage Hand, and then you'll have no attack or Save DC spells in your Pact Boons.
Edit: Oh wait, Shocking Grasp isn't on the Warlock spell list. Drat. I guess you could Customize the spell to add a +1 bonus, you'll just need to remember to remove the customization if you ever unattune the Wand.
I'm getting the same issue. I'm getting Produce Flame and Shocking Grasp through Pact of the Tome, and my Wand of the War Mage is not applying the bonus like it does with my Eldritch blast. When I switch out Eldritch Blast for Chilling Touch, the bonus is still correctly applied. Must be a bug in the Pact Boon.
Correct, it's a known issue with spells granted via (sub)class features, that their spell attack bonus and save DC aren't properly affected by magic items. You will need to Customize the spell to add the bonus manually.
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Wand of the War Mage does not seem to apply its bonus to touch range spells (the wand is attuned and applying bonuses to ranged spells). The text says it applies its bonus to "spell attack rolls", so shouldn't that include melee spell attack rolls?
Works for me. I just tested it with shocking grasp.
What spell is it not working on for your character? Can you link the character?
I was looking at Inflict Wounds, but now it seems to be working. I used to get different +hit for ranged attacks (like Guiding Bolt) and Inflict Wounds (e.g. +9 vs +7), but I just re-attuned the wand and they both show up as +9.
edit: the ranged spell was Guiding Bolt (important, because they use the same attribute).
having this problem where shocking grasp is not showing up as a +7 like all my others instead it's showing up as +6. like it's not counting my wand of the war mage bonus into it.
Please provide a link to your character sheet so someone can take a look.
Helpful rewriter of Japanese->English translation and delver into software codebases (she/e/they)
I have the same problem. I think the reason is that I choose shocking grasp as Pact Boon (Pact of the Book) spell. If I choose any other spell with same feature I have same problem. Is there any solution to this? https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/Horz90/characters/51161433
Spells granted by a feature instead like that don't currently get the proper bonus to spell attacks from magic items.
But, one thing you could do is switch Shocking Grasp for Mage Hand, and then you'll have no attack or Save DC spells in your Pact Boons.
Edit: Oh wait, Shocking Grasp isn't on the Warlock spell list. Drat. I guess you could Customize the spell to add a +1 bonus, you'll just need to remember to remove the customization if you ever unattune the Wand.
Helpful rewriter of Japanese->English translation and delver into software codebases (she/e/they)
I'm getting the same issue. I'm getting Produce Flame and Shocking Grasp through Pact of the Tome, and my Wand of the War Mage is not applying the bonus like it does with my Eldritch blast. When I switch out Eldritch Blast for Chilling Touch, the bonus is still correctly applied. Must be a bug in the Pact Boon.
Correct, it's a known issue with spells granted via (sub)class features, that their spell attack bonus and save DC aren't properly affected by magic items. You will need to Customize the spell to add the bonus manually.
Helpful rewriter of Japanese->English translation and delver into software codebases (she/e/they)