Divine Smite

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

Description

Your weapon emanates divine might as you strike, dealing an additional 2d8Damage TypesRadiant damage. Deals an additional 1d8Damage TypesRadiant damage to Fiends and Undead.

Properties

Damage
Normal weapon damage
+
D8 Radiant.png 2d8 (2~16) Damage TypesRadiant damage
Details
Attack roll
 Range: Normal weapon range

At higher levels

  • When Divine Smite is cast at 2nd Level or higher, damage increases by 1d8Damage TypesRadiant for each Spell Slot Level above 1st.

How to learn

Classes:

Notes

  • Divine Smite cannot be triggered by ranged attacks.
  • Deals Weapon Damage +
    • D8 Radiant.png 2d8 (2~16) Damage TypesRadiant damage
      (to normal enemies)
    • D8 Radiant.png 3d8 (3~24) Damage TypesRadiant 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 Reaction 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 Reaction resource.
  • Divine Smite crits when your weapon attack rolls crits
    • The damage potential is extremely high. For example, on a crit a level 3 Divine Smite will do 8d8Damage TypesRadiant of non-savable damage! The Improved Divine Smite bonus ALSO crits for 2d8Damage TypesRadiant damage, combined to 10d8Damage TypesRadiant for just the inherit and spell slot divine smites on a crit.