Does Shillelagh work with magic weapons?

Yes, you can cast Shillelagh on a magic weapon if it fits the other requirements on the spell. That is, it must be a club or quarterstaff made of wood.

Is Shillelagh a bonus action?

So shillelagh can be cast as a bonus action and temporarily changes the stats of an appropriate weapon. The attack is still using the attack action, so you don’t get a bonus action attack from the spell.

What type of damage is shillelagh?

The wood of a club or Quarterstaff you are holding is imbued with nature’s power. For the Duration, you can use your Spellcasting ability instead of Strength for the Attack and Damage Rolls of Melee Attacks using that weapon, and the weapon’s damage die becomes a d8.

Is a +1 weapon magical damage?

There is no such thing as “magical damage”. The list of damage types includes “radiant”, “necrotic”, “bludgeoning”,”fire”, and so on. The +1 Mace does Bludgeoning damage, but it is a magic item and therefore does so as a magical attack. Hence it bypasses the resistance to “bludgeoning damage from non-magical attacks”.

Can you use strength with shillelagh?

No. Once you use the spell the weapon becomes a Wisdom biased attack roll.

Can you cast shillelagh and another spell?

Basically, you can, so long as the second spell is a cantrip with a casting time of one action. So Shillelagh + Fire Bolt (or any other action cantrip) is fine, but Shillelagh + Fireball (or any other leveled spell, or non-action spell) is not.

Is shillelagh any good?

Shillelagh is also good because it gives you a melee attack that ignores resistance (or immunity) to nonmagical damage. At 1st level, your wildshape attacks are useless against enemies with those resistances, and your spell slots are really limited.

Do +1 weapons ignore resistance?

No, unless the Statblock says otherwise.

How much does a +1 shortsword cost?

If your DM allows it, the DMG (p. 135) recommends about 500 gp for a uncommon item (example: +1 weapon) and 5,000 gp for a rare item (example: +2 weapon). If you are in Adventurers’ League, you will likely be able to soon buy a +1 weapon from your faction for 500 gp (check with your AL DM for further information).

Can clerics cast shillelagh?

Short answer: Not while your shield is donned You can use a Holy Symbol (see “Equipment”) as a spellcasting focus for your cleric spells. Shillelagh is not a cleric spell for you so a holy symbol cannot be used as a spellcasting focus, you must use the material components of…

Can you use shillelagh on a staff?

Under this interpretation, all staves (unless stated to be otherwise) are quarterstaves, but not all quarterstaves are staves. But either way, so long as it is made of wood, shillelagh would work on it.

Does Shillelagh count as a wisdom modifier?

I think it’s worth emphasizing that Shillelaghallows the caster to use theirspellcasting ability, what ever that might be. This spell is nottied to a Wisdom modifier. Your attack bonus is yourspell casting modifier + your proficiency bonus if you’re proficient with the quarterstaff (in your case, that makes it +6).

How does the shillelaghcantrip work?

The description of the Shillelaghcantrip says: The wood of a club or quarterstaff you are holding is imbued with nature’s power. For the duration, you can use your spellcasting ability instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of melee attacks using that weapon, and the weapon’s damage die becomes a d8.

Can wisdom be used as a weapon spellcasting ability?

Assuming that Wisdom is your spellcasting ability (which it is if you are a Druid or Nature Cleric, two of the three classes which could use this spell), then you can use your spellcasting ability instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of melee attacks using that weapon. -PHB p 275