# Hand of the Apprentice
#pf2e/focus_spell/level_1 #pf2e/class/wizard #pf2e/school/evocation 
==[Uncommon](../../../Traits/Uncommon.md)== ==[Attack](../../../Traits/Attack.md)== ==[Evocation](../../../Traits/Evocation.md)== ==[Wizard](../../../Traits/Wizard.md)==
*Source* Core Rulebook pg. 407 3.0
**Cast** ► somatic
**Range** 500 feet; **Targets** 1 creature

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You hurl a held melee weapon with which you are trained at the target, making a spell attack roll. On a success, you deal the weapon's damage as if you had hit with a melee Strike, but adding your spellcasting ability modifier to damage, rather than your Strength modifier.

On a critical success, you deal double damage, and you add the weapon's critical specialization effect. Regardless of the outcome, the weapon flies back to you and returns to your hand.