Divine Strike

Divine Strike is a weapon action available to level 8 Clerics of the following Domains: Life, Trickery, Nature, Tempest, and War. It is usable once per turn and deals 1d8 additional damage upon a weapon strike (either melee or ranged) of a type dependent on the chosen domain.

Variations

Domain	Variation	Damage
Life	Divine Strike: Radiant (Melee)  Divine Strike: Radiant (Ranged)	1d8Radiant
Trickery	Divine Strike: Poison (Melee)  Divine Strike: Poison (Ranged)	1d8Poison
Nature	Divine Strike: Cold (Melee)  Divine Strike: Cold (Ranged)	1d8Cold
	Divine Strike: Fire (Melee)  Divine Strike: Fire (Ranged)	1d8Fire
	Divine Strike: Lightning (Melee)  Divine Strike: Lightning (Ranged)	1d8Lightning
Tempest	Divine Strike: Thunder (Melee)  Divine Strike: Thunder (Ranged)	1d8Thunder
War	Divine Strike: Weapon (Melee)  Divine Strike: Weapon (Ranged)	1d8Weapon

Using Divine Strike

There are two ways of using Divine Strike. First, is to use it directly with the corresponding attack ability (e.g.  Divine Strike: Radiant (Melee)). Second, is to use any other weapon attack and let Divine Strike trigger as a post-strike reaction upon hit. Triggering it this way does not cost a Reaction, but it is configured the same way as other reactions in the reactions tab.

Using Divine Strike as a reaction means it can be used in conjunction with any attack such as an offhand attack, a weapon action, with a special arrow, or an Opportunity Attack. On the other hand, using the ability directly is always equivalent to a basic main-hand attack with the 1d8 bonus damage from Divine Strike. Thus, it is usually better to trigger Divine Strike as a reaction since it works in far more situations.

Divine Strike only works with melee and ranged weapons and cannot be used with unarmed attacks or thrown weapons, even as a reaction.

Notes

• War cleric's variant of Divine Strike inherits the damage type from the weapon in the primary hand, so it can deal a wide variety of damage types such as Force with the Ne'er Misser or Psychic with the  Shadow Blade. The main-hand weapon's damage type is used even if the triggering attack was made with an offhand weapon.

Bugs

• The different methods of using Divine Strike (as a post-strike reaction or with the weapon action directly) have independent, once-per-turn cooldowns. Activating Divine Strike directly does not prevent triggering it again that turn with a post-strike reaction (and vice versa). This means that Divine Strike can actually be used twice in a turn, provided it is used once with each method.