Divine Smite

Also see  Divine Smite (reaction)

Divine Smite is a spell-like ability that allows a Paladin to expend a Spell Slot to deal additional Radiant damage with a melee weapon attack.

Description

Your weapon deals an additional 2d8RadiantDRS damage, increased by 1d8Radiant damage when attacking Fiends or Undead.

Properties

Cost:

Action

Cost on hit:

Level 1 Spell Slot

Damage:

Normal weapon damage

+

2d8 (2~16) Radiant

Details:

Attack roll

 Range: Normal weapon range

At Higher Levels

• When Divine Smite is cast at 2nd level or higher, damage increases by 1d8Radiant for each spell slot level above 1st. This damage is capped to 5d8, so using a spell slot above 4th spell level adds no further damage.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 2: Paladin

Notes

• Despite consuming spell slots, Divine Smite is not a spell and does not interact with any effect or ability that only works with spells. Examples include  Counterspell, Vivacious Cloak, or  Tempestuous Magic.
  • Other Smites such as  Thunderous Smite are proper spells and will interact with these effects.
• Divine Smite cannot be triggered by ranged attacks.
• Does not consume the spell slot on a miss.
• Deals Weapon Damage +
  • 2d8RadiantDRS (to normal enemies)
  • 3d8RadiantDRS (to fiends and undead)
• Unlike other smite spells, Divine Smite can also be configured to trigger automatically on a hit or critical hit via the reactions menu. See  Divine Smite (reaction).
  • This allows you to use Divine Smite on any melee weapon attack and multiple times per turn, even while dual-wielding.
  • When triggered in this way, the only additional resource consumed is the selected level of spell slot.
  • Despite being configured in the Reactions menu, Divine Smite never consumes the Reaction resource.
• If the weapon attack roll is a critical hit, the damage is doubled (4d8Radiant, increasing by 2d8Radiant for each Spell Slot Level above 1st).
• Divine Smite cannot be countered with  Counterspell