Instant Weapon

[Leonson]

Good morning!

Couple of questions about the spell 'Instant Weapon'

Quote:

You create a melee weapon sized appropriately for you from opaque force.

You are considered proficient with this weapon, which acts in all ways as a masterwork weapon typical of its type. The instant weapon has hardness 20 and the same number of hit points as a typical weapon of its type. As a force effect, it can strike and damage incorporeal creatures. If the instant weapon leaves your hand at any time, the spell ends at the beginning of your next turn.

The spell says it strikes as a 'force effect' but it's also a melee weapon. Would it be able to damage swarms?

[Zwordsman]

huh..

I'm inclined to say technically no.. It is a force effect but it is not force damage nor AoE. It still does the damage type of the modeled weapon. So it only gains the benefit of the incorporeal damaging I think.

[Lorewalker]

No. While it is a force effect and will damage incorporeal creatures... it does not target as an AOE, and thus will not affect swarms immune to weapon damage.