[RPG] Is the damage from Conjure Volley magical

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Conjure Volley is a 5th level Ranger spell:

You fire a piece of non magical ammunition from a ranged weapon or throw a non magical weapon into the air and choose a point within range. Hundreds of duplicates of the ammunition or weapon fall in a volley from above and then disappear.

If you use magic to duplicate non-magical ammunition, can the result damage a Werewolf for example?

Best Answer

Yes. Conjure Volley will damage lycanthropes.

Here's the relevant part of the Conjure Volley spell description:

A creature takes 8d8 damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The damage type is the same as that of the ammunition or weapon.

The weapons don't do the damage, the spell does.

Here are the immunities for a werewolf (SRD, p. 331):

Damage Immunities bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons.

Conjure Volley isn't a 'nonmagical attack'. It's not an attack of any kind: it's a spell that does damage.

Contrast with a black pudding, which is just immune to slashing damage. Conjure Volley using (say) handaxes would do zero damage to a black pudding, but full damage to a werewolf.