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Divine Smite
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Divine Smite is a spell-like ability that allows a Paladin to expend a spell slot to deal additional 
damage with a melee weapon attack.
DRS damage, increased by 1d8 damage when attacking Fiends or Undead.
UIDs
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.
damage with a melee weapon attack.
Description
Your weapon deals an additional 2d8DRS damage, increased by 1d8 damage when attacking Fiends or Undead.Properties
- Cost
Action- Cost on hit
Level 1 Spell Slot
- Damage: 3~24
- Details
Melee weapon attack roll
Range: Normal weapon range
Normal weapon damage
+ 2d8
+ 1d8 (If the target is undead or a fiend)
(If the target is undead or a fiend)At higher levels
- When Divine Smite is cast at 2nd level or higher, damage increases by 1d8 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.
Technical details
UIDsTarget_Smite_DivineBase spell
Target_Smite_Divine_2Upcasted to level 2 dealing 3d8
Target_Smite_Divine_3Upcasted to level 3 dealing 4d8
Target_Smite_Divine_4Upcasted to level 4 dealing 5d8
Target_Smite_Divine_5Upcasted to level 5 still dealing 5d8
Target_Smite_Divine_6Upcasted to level 6 still dealing 5d8
Spell flagsHow to learn
Classes:
- Class level 2: Paladin
Notes
- See Smite for additional details that apply to all variants of Smite.
| Subclasses | |
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| Channel Oath Charge | |
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| Other class features | |
