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Does a character with a magic weapon cause magical attacks? I'm trying to figure out what can kill an ethereal unit.

Magic weapons give magical attacks

Any damage that comes as a direct result of a magic item or spell causes Magical Attacks. and anything that specifically says it has magical attacks.

So attacks made with magic weapons and any other type of magic item will have magical attacks.

The Flaming Sword of Ruin from Lore of Fire gives a unit flaming and magical attacks.

Any damage from a spell is magical too(obviously)

what about damage from miscasts?

Q: What are ‘magical attacks’? (p68)
A: All attacks made by spells and magic items are considered to
be magical attacks, as are all attacks that are specifically noted
as being magical attacks. Shots fired from magical items are
also considered to be magical attacks, unless their description
specifically states otherwise. Hits inflicted by rolls on the
Miscast table are treated as magical attacks

this is ctrl-F stuff, read the FAQ.

Malleus wrote:Q: What are ‘magical attacks’? (p68)
A: All attacks made by spells and magic items are considered to
be magical attacks, as are all attacks that are specifically noted
as being magical attacks. Shots fired from magical items are
also considered to be magical attacks, unless their description
specifically states otherwise. Hits inflicted by rolls on the
Miscast table are treated as magical attacks

this is ctrl-F stuff, read the FAQ.

Lol really?
Hah! I was told that hits form the MC table weren't, because it wasn't specified that it they were magical. I knew something wasn't right with his reasoning. Especially since he was using it to keep his ethereal slaan alive

Well, thats why they had to FAQ it. They had to specifically say that miscasts caused magical hits.


It does make sense, you can't tell me that that exploding wizard isn't going to be magically hurting nearby people.