Divine Smite

Divine Smite is a spell-like class feature available to Paladins. 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

Action + Level 1 Spell Slot

• Deals Weapon Damage +
  • 2d8 (2~16) Radiant damage
    (to normal enemies)
  • 3d8 (3~24) Radiant damage
    (to fiends and undead)
• Attack roll
•  Range: 1.5 m / 5 ft

At Higher Levels

When Divine Smite is cast at 2nd Level or higher, damage increases by 1d8Radiant for each spell slot level above 1st.

Notes

• 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.
  • Divine Smite cannot be triggered by ranged attacks.