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Divine Smite (reaction)
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This article is about the reaction to trigger Divine Smite post-hit. For the action to use Divine Smite directly, see Divine Smite. For general information about smites, see Smite.
Divine Smite is a Paladin reaction. The reaction can be done after successfully hitting a target with any melee weapon attack, and can be used multiple times in one attack (e.g. while dual-wielding). It is the reaction version of 
Divine Smite.
Description
Your weapon deals an additional 2d8
Radiant damage, increased by 1d8Radiant damage when attacking Fiends or Undead.
Properties
- Cost
Level 1 Spell Slot
- Damage: 3~24
At higher levels
- When Divine Smite is cast at 2nd level or higher, damage increases by 1d8Radiant 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
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How to learn
Notes
- This does not cost a
Reaction point. - This reaction can be triggered on any melee weapon attack that is not a Divine Smite. This allows for smiting on offhand attacks, weapon actions like
Cleave, or special attacks like 
Great Weapon Master: Bonus Attack. It can even trigger when using a Smite spell like 
Thunderous Smite. Using Divine Smite directly through the action is equivalent to triggering the reaction on a basic attack. - The reaction is split into one reaction for normal hits called Divine Smite and one for critical hits called Divine Smite: Critical Hit per spell slot level.
- This means that with level 2 spell slots, you will have four reactions, two for each level.
- By default the Divine Smite: Critical Hit reaction is set to auto-confirm and the Divine Smite is disabled.
- In-game Divine Smite is listed under Class Actions in your spellbook.
- See Smite for additional details that apply to all variants of Smite.