Divine Smite

This article is about the action to perform a Divine Smite. For the reaction to apply a Divine Smite after making an attack, see Divine Smite (reaction). For general information about smites, see Smite.

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: 3~24

Normal weapon damage

+ 2d8Radiant

+ 1d8Radiant (If the target is undead or a fiend)

Details

Melee weapon 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

• See Smite for additional details that apply to all variants of Smite.