D&D 5E Cloud of Daggers - magical damage ?

[Amatiel]

Cloud of daggers states it does slashing damage. Even though a magical spell is creating the cloud of daggers, the spell does not state that the daggers deal magical damage, only slashing damage. Would this spell affect creatures requiring magical weapons to do damage, such as werewolves etc...

 

[Illithidbix]

The updated phrasing for werewolves is:

Damage Immunities bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks that aren’t silvered

From the Monster Manual errata: http://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/dnd/MM_Errata.pdf

Damage Resistances/Immunities.
Throughout the book, instances of “nonmagical weapons” in Damage Resistances/Immunities entries have been replaced with “nonmagical attacks.”

Introduction Vulnerabilities, Resistances, and Immunities (p. 8). The second and third sentences now read as follows: “Particular creatures are even resistant or immune to damage from nonmagical attacks (a magical attack is an attack delivered by a spell, a magic item, or another magical source). In addition, some creatures are immune to certain conditions.”

Since it's a spell, it appears to count as magical to my reading.

 

[transtemporal]

Yes, its totally magic. Its a magic cloud. Of daggers.

 

[Fanaelialae]

While I don't think that the rules outright state anywhere that spells deal magical damage, it makes sense that a spell would deal magical damage. I don't think that there are any spells that outright state they deal magical damage.

 

[psychophipps]

So the question is if a dagger made of 100% magic would be counted as a magical source of damage...think about that for a second or two before continuing the discussion.

 

[transtemporal]

So the question is if a dagger made of 100% magic would be counted as a magical source of damage...think about that for a second or two before continuing the discussion.

Ah, so a cloud of daggers made of 100% NON-magic would be counted as a non-magical source of damage?

What would we call that? Non-magic? Normal magic? Unmagic?

 

[psychophipps]

Using a telekinesis effect (as an example) on a dagger doesn't change the nature of the item striking the target. It would be normal piercing damage.

 

[Illithidbix]

While I don't think that the rules outright state anywhere that spells deal magical damage, it makes sense that a spell would deal magical damage. I don't think that there are any spells that outright state they deal magical damage.

Well they kinda do although it's in the Monster Manual errata:

Particular creatures are even resistant or immune to damage from nonmagical attacks (a magical attack is an attack delivered by a spell, a magic item, or another magical source). In addition, some creatures are immune to certain conditions.