You can take a Bonus Action to toss this magic weapon into the air. When you do so, the weapon begins to hover, flies up to 30 feet, and attacks one creature of your choice within 5 feet of itself. The weapon uses your attack roll and adds your ability modifier to damage rolls.
While the weapon hovers, you can take a Bonus Action to cause it to fly up to 30 feet to another spot within 30 feet of you. As part of the same Bonus Action, you can cause the weapon to attack one creature within 5 feet of the weapon.
After the hovering weapon attacks for the fourth time, it flies back to you and tries to return to your hand. If you have no hand free, the weapon falls to the ground in your space. If the weapon has no unobstructed path to you, it moves as close to you as it can and then falls to the ground. It also ceases to hover if you grasp it or are more than 30 feet away from it.
Proficiency with a Longsword allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Sap. If you hit a creature with this weapon, that creature has Disadvantage on its next attack roll before the start of your next turn.
Notes: Damage, Combat, Versatile, Sap
I would use this for a boss weapon. But in reality you’ll probably forget a lot that it flys.
Given it's a bonus action that can move the dancing longsword and attack, I'm going to run this as a 1 handed attack damage. Anyone want to offer a compelling reason to let it do two handed damage while "dancing"?
the fact that it flies is the entire reason you would use it. it only benefits from your strength bonus, it doesn't even have +anything to hit. My Rogue/Ranger has one and I use it all the time for the extra attack
Its a spiritual weapon for non-clerics. Give it to a Barbarian
It could possibly just swing at the speed or force of a two handed attack with a longsword
Sooo what if you send it flying to attack an enemy..and the enemy reaches up to grab it?
It requires attunement so I'm guessing it only obeys the attuned user's commands