A spell's range is the maximum distance from you that the spell's effect can occur, as well as the maximum distance at which you can designate the spell's point of origin. Even if the spell can normally affect multiple targets, only a single missile, ray, or effect accompanies the attack. Ex) At 4th level, if you can cast a reach shocking grasp as a 2nd level spell (ranged touch/4d6 damage), you dont need scorching ray (ranged touch/4d6 damage). Sometimes it’s not clear if something is just flavor text or not. A spell's range indicates how far from you it can reach, as defined in the range entry of the spell description. Myrmidarch Magus Archetype, Ranged Spellstrike: At 4th level, a myrmidarch can use spellstrike to cast a single-target touch attack ranged spell and deliver it through a ranged weapon attack. How many times have you wanted to have that spell How difficult is it to choose spells when you level Metamagic helps with that. I wish they had written it more clearly though. The spell and arrow aren't traveling side-by-side the spell isn't occurring, its effects are in the arrow which does the carrying.Īnd it'd have been a major oversight by Paizo not to include such limiting language if that had been their intent, since most Spell Attack spells have much less range than an arrow. As is, the ability doesn't even require the spell to have a range, only a Spell Attack roll.Īlso note the use of 'effects of the spell' rather than just 'the spell' itself. at the spell's max range or after the bow's first range increment, etc.), then Eldritch Shot would have to point that out. If there was a point where the spell no longer flew with the ammunition (i.e. 'The effects of the spell do not occur immediately but are imbued into the bow you're wielding.', 'Your spell flies with the ammunition.' But there is nothing mentioned in the ability either that would actually override the spell's range. There are no range limits mentioned anywhere in the ability, so it has none (beyond those of the bow, of course). Blave wrote: Anyting with a spell attack roll is possible.

Bouncing spell ranged touch