I'm confused as to how Expansive Spellstrike would work on a playtest Necromancer who's multiclassed with Magus and uses the spell Bone Spear, which creates a line that requires attack rolls against the creatures caught on it. In particular, the sentence "The spell affects all creatures in the area as normal" might reference "how the spell is cast in all other circumstances" or "how spells used with spellstrike work normally"
So, I assume that against the primary target, the one you Strike with your weapon, uses the same attack roll for both. So far so good. However against the other potential targets, which one is valid?
- The spell behaves like a spell normally cast after the initial Strike, so it gets a MAP penalty.
- The most straightforward answer and I assume RAI, you just make extra normal separate attack rolls against secondary targets caught in the line with the same MAP as the weapon Strike.
- The most generous interpretation, the spell works as would normally do regarding the rules for spellstrike, so the same attack roll you'd made against the primary target applies to all targets.
Second, regarding range. Bone Spear has a peculiar range of 10 feet and the line originates on the Thrall. However Expansive Spellstrike has precise rules for how areas and Ranges work which would supercede this. Does this mean that you just have to sacrifice a Thrall, which can be any distance away, or does this Thrall have to be withing 10 feet of you or the target for the Spellstrike to work?
