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I've been playing PF2e since the playtest, and most of the spellcasters make sense to me. I'm looking to dip my toes into the waters of a Magus for the first time as one of the folks in my usual playgroup may be dropping out and they've kinda had the class locked down since we hate to step on each others toes relating to class selections.
While looking through the feats, I'm struggling pretty hard to understand how Expansive Spellstrike works, particularly since my very limited understanding is the intention was to give magi an AoE option when spellstriking. Yet the last sentence of the feat seems to contradict this:
"You can blast the energy of a spell out around the target of your attack. When you
Spellstrike
with a spell that has an area of a
burst,
cone,
or
line,
the spell creates an area instead of affecting only the target. The target must be in the area. A burst is centered on a corner of the target’s square; if the target is Large or larger, the burst use the square corner closest to the center of the target and choose the corner if more than one is eligible. A cone or line emits from you and must include the target; if you’re not adjacent to the target (using a
reach
weapon or
starlit span,
for example), choose any square adjacent to the target as the source. The spell affects all creatures in the area as normal, but the Strike still targets only one creature."Can someone please explain this to me in basic terms as I am clearly overlooking something obvious? Thanks in advance!
The 'Strike' is the physical weapon attack: If you expansive spellstrike with a sword, the sword damage only applies to the specific attack target, while the spell affects everyone in the appropriate area.