Branding Smite

Branding Smite is a level 2 evocation spell. It allows spellcasters to cause their weapon to gleam with astral radiance, allowing them to mark targets with light, preventing them from turning  Invisible.

Description

Your weapon gleams with astral radiance as you strike and possibly mark your targets with light, preventing it from turning  Invisible.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Cost on hit

 Bonus Action +  Level 2 Spell Slot

Damage: 2~12

Normal weapon damage

+ 2d6⁠Radiant

Details

 Attack roll

 Range: Normal weapon range

 Concentration

At higher levels

Deals an additional 1d6⁠⁠Radiant damage per level.

Technical details

UID

Target_Smite_Branding_Container

Spell flags

HasVerbalComponent, IsConcentration, IsHarmful, IsLinkedSpellContainer, IsMelee, IsSpell

Variants

•  Branding Smite (Melee)
•  Branding Smite (Ranged)

Condition: Branding Smite

 Branding Smite

Duration: 10 turns

• Cannot turn Invisible.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: The Hexblade
• Class level 5: Paladin

Races:

• Character level 5: Zariel Tiefling

(Character level is the sum of all class levels for a multi-classed character.)

Notes

• See Smite for additional functionality information.
• This spell, unlike most other Smite spells, works with ranged weaponry.
• The racial version of this spell granted to Zariel Tieflings can only be cast once per Long Rest.

Bugs

• Branding Smite cast at the fourth level incorrectly lists tooltip damage using the second level of the spell.
• The spell container for Branding Smite does not correctly display the current spell slot level for Warlocks.

External links

• ⁠Branding smite on the Forgotten Realms Wiki