This article is about the reaction to trigger Divine Smite post-critical hit. For the reaction for non-critical hits, see Divine Smite (reaction).
Divine Smite on Critical Hit is a PaladinReaction option. It prompts the character to expend a spell slot for Divine Smite upon landing a critical hit with a melee weapon attack. It can trigger on multiple attacks within a single turn, such as when using Extra Attack or dual-wielding.
Description
Your weapon deals an additional 4d8Radiant damage, increased by 2d8Radiant damage when attacking Fiends or Undead.
This reaction only triggers when you land a Critical Hit.
+ 2d8Radiant (If the target is undead or a fiend)
At higher levels
When Divine Smite is cast at 2nd level or higher, damage increases by 2d8Radiant for each spell slot level above 1st. This damage is capped to 10d8, so using a spell slot above 4th spell level adds no further damage.
