Thunderous Smite

Thunderous Smite is a level 1 evocation spell. It allows spellcasters to cause their melee weapon to ring with ⁠Thunder as they strike, pushing targets away and potentially knocking them  Prone.

Description

Your melee weapon rings with thunder as you strike, pushing your target ⁠3 m / 10 ft away and possibly knocking them  Prone.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Cost on hit

 Bonus Action +  Level 1 Spell Slot

Damage: 2~12

Normal weapon damage

+ 2d6⁠Thunder

Details

 Melee Weapon Attack Roll

 STR Save (Spell save DC) (On Save: Target takes full damage but isn't knocked  Prone)

 Range: Normal weapon range

At higher levels

Casting this spell at a higher level grants no additional benefit.

Technical details

UID

Target_Smite_Thunderous

Spell flags

AddFallDamageOnLand, HasVerbalComponent, IsHarmful, IsMelee, IsSpell

Condition: Prone

 Prone

Duration: 1 turn

 STR Save (Spell save DC)

• The affected creature cannot move or take  Actions,  Bonus Actions, or  Reactions, and has Disadvantage on Strength and Dexterity saving throws.
• Attacks against a Prone creature have Advantage if made within 3 m / 10 ft of the creature.
• A Prone creature must spend half its Movement Speed to stand up.
  • A character with the Athlete feat spends only 1.5 m / 5 ft of Movement Speed to stand up.

 Prone, Unconscious

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 2: Paladin
• Class level 6: College of Lore (via Magical Secrets)
• Class level 10: Bard (via Magical Secrets)

Granted by items:

• Cacophony

Notes

• See Smite for additional functionality information.
• Targets are only pushed away if they fail the saving throw against Prone.
• Unlike most attacks that move a target by force, this spell does not display a trajectory line showing where the target will be moved.

Bugs

• The  Level 1 Spell Slot version of this action changes attack animations in Honour mode due to an override in the code.
• Due to a coding error, characters receive two  Level 2 Spell Slot versions of this action in Honour mode, one of which has the DRS changes while the other does not.

External links

• ⁠Thunderous smite on the Forgotten Realms Wiki