Spellstrike (Su): At 2nd level, whenever a magus casts a spell with a range of “touch” from the magus spell list, he can deliver the spell through any weapon he is wielding as part of a melee attack. Instead of the free melee touch attack normally allowed to deliver the spell, a magus can make one free melee attack with his weapon (at his highest base attack bonus) as part of casting this spell. If successful, this melee attack deals its normal damage as well as the effects of the spell. If the magus makes this attack in concert with spell combat, this melee attack takes all the penalties accrued by spell combat melee attacks. This attack uses the weapon's critical range (20, 19–20, or 18–20 and modified by the keen weapon property or similar effects), but the spell effect only deals ×2 damage on a successful critical hit, while the weapon damage uses its own critical modifier.
Shocking Grasp
School evocation [electricity]; Level sorcerer/wizard 1
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
Range touch
Target creature or object touched
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance yes
Your successful melee touch attack deals 1d6 points of electricity damage per caster level (maximum 5d6). When delivering the jolt, you gain a +3 bonus on attack rolls if the opponent is wearing metal armor (or is carrying a metal weapon or is made of metal).
"If successful, this melee attack deals its normal damage as well as the effects of the spell."+"When delivering the jolt, you gain a +3 bonus on attack rolls if the opponent is wearing metal armor (or is carrying a metal weapon or is made of metal)."
i need to know if the melee attack gets the +3 or not.
or does the attach become strickly a energy based damage and th lighting rod effect ignored?
can anyone find rules that can support this either way. i cant find anything in the basic books i have for pf.
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I don't see anything in the spellstrike effect that would suggest that any other aspects of the original spell are ignored, so it should still get the +3
I would say that the weapon doesn't get a bonus to hit for the weapon damage, but if the attack missed by 3 then the shocking grasp would still go off and hit. In other words, sword hits but doesn't get through armor but target still gets zapped by spell.
I would say that the weapon doesn't get a bonus to hit for the weapon damage, but if the attack missed by 3 then the shocking grasp would still go off and hit. In other words, sword hits but doesn't get through armor but target still gets zapped by spell.
This, all day long.
RAW, you absolutely get the +3.