Divine Smite

Divine Smite is a level 1 evocation spell. Divine Smite allows a Paladin to expend a Spell Slot to deal additional Radiant damage with a melee weapon attack.

Description

Your weapon emanates divine might as you strike, dealing an additional 2d8Radiant damage. Deals an additional 1d8Radiant damage to Fiends and Undead.

Properties

Damage

Normal weapon damage

+

2d8 (2~16) Radiant damage

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.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class Level 2: Paladin

Notes

• Divine Smite cannot be triggered by ranged attacks.
• Deals Weapon Damage +
  • 2d8 (2~16) Radiant damage
    (to normal enemies)
  • 3d8 (3~24) Radiant damage
    (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.
  • 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.
• Does 4d8Radiant damage, increasing by 2d8Radiant for each Spell Slot Level above 1st, damage if the weapon attack roll is a critical hit.
  • The damage potential is extremely high. For example, on a crit a level 3 Divine Smite will do 8d8Radiant (4d8x2) of non-savable damage! The Improved Divine Smite bonus ALSO crits for 2d8Radiant damage, combined to 10d8Radiant for just the inherit and spell slot divine smites on a crit.