Divine Strike

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Divine Strike is a Weapon Action-like ability available to level 8 Clerics of the following Domains: Class Cleric Life Hotbar Icon.png Life, iddle Trickery, Class Cleric Nature Hotbar Icon.pngNature, Class Cleric Tempest Hotbar Icon.pngTempest, and Class Cleric War Hotbar Icon.pngWar. Divine Strike deals 1 ~ 8 additional damage upon a weapon strike (either melee or ranged) of a type dependent on the chosen Domain.

Variations[edit | edit source]

Domain Variation Damage
Life Life Divine Strike: Radiant (Melee) Divine Strike: Radiant (Melee)

Divine Strike: Radiant (Ranged) Divine Strike: Radiant (Ranged)

1d8Damage TypesRadiant
Trickery Trickery Divine Strike: Poison (Melee) Divine Strike: Poison (Melee)

Divine Strike: Poison (Ranged) Divine Strike: Poison (Ranged)

1d8Damage TypesPoison
Nature Nature Divine Strike: Cold (Melee) Divine Strike: Cold (Melee)

Divine Strike: Cold (Ranged) Divine Strike: Cold (Ranged)

1d8Damage TypesCold
Divine Strike: Fire (Melee) Divine Strike: Fire (Melee)

Divine Strike: Fire (Ranged) Divine Strike: Fire (Ranged)

1d8Damage TypesFire
Divine Strike: Lightning (Melee) Divine Strike: Lightning (Melee)

Divine Strike: Lightning (Ranged) Divine Strike: Lightning (Ranged)

1d8Damage TypesLightning
Tempest Tempest Divine Strike: Thunder (Melee) Divine Strike: Thunder (Melee)

Divine Strike: Thunder (Ranged) Divine Strike: Thunder (Ranged)

1d8Damage TypesThunder
War War Divine Strike: Weapon (Melee) Divine Strike: Weapon (Melee)

Divine Strike: Weapon (Ranged) Divine Strike: Weapon (Ranged)

1d8Damage TypesWeapon


Notes[edit | edit source]

  • Can be done as a post-strike reaction (without spending reaction points) similar to Divine Smite for both melee and ranged attacks.
  • Divine Strike: {Variation} (Melee) and Divine Strike: {Variation} (Ranged) use the corresponding weapon.
  • Does not apply to unarmed attacks.
  • Does double (2d8) damage if the weapon attack roll is a critical hit.
  • The different methods of using Divine Strike (as a post-strike reaction or with the weapon action directly) have independent, once-per-turn cooldowns. Activating Divine Strike directly does not prevent triggering it again that turn with a post-strike reaction (and vice versa). This means that Divine Strike can actually be used twice in a turn, provided it is used once with each method.

Bugs[edit | edit source]

  • Possible Bug: Divine Strike does not obey the turn recharge outside of turn-based mode.