Riving Strike and Gloves of Arcane Strike


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If I have a character with Riving Strike and is wearing Gloves of Arcane Strike and he strikes something with two adjacent enemies and all three take damage, do they all get the -2 saves vs spells and SLAs?

Riving Strike:

Riving Strike wrote:
Benefit: If you have a weapon that is augmented by your Arcane Strike feat, when you damage a creature with an attack made with that weapon, that creature takes a –2 penalty on saving throws against spells and spell-like abilities. This effect lasts for 1 round.

From Gloves of Arcane Strike:

Gloves of Arcane Strike wrote:
When the wearer makes an attack using Arcane Strike and hits, enemies adjacent to the target take damage equal to the wearer’s Arcane Strike damage bonus. This damage is of the same type as the weapon’s damage (bludgeoning, piercing, and so on).

I'm thinking the answer is no, as the gloves are doing the damage not the weapon. This game has a lot of subtle rules that I'm still trying to pick up on so, so thanks for your patience!


I say no. You're only attacking 1 creature with your weapon. Also to point out, it only does the bonus damage from Arcane Strike to the others.

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