Divine Smite

Divine Smite is a level 1 evocation spell. Divine Smite allows a Paladin to expend a Spell Slot to deal additional Radiant damage with a melee weapon attack.

Description

Your weapon emanates divine might as you strike, dealing an additional 2d8Radiant damage. Deals an additional 1d8Radiant damage to Fiends and Undead.

Properties

Damage: 2~16

Normal weapon damage

+ 2d8Radiant

Details

Attack roll

 Range: Normal weapon range

At higher levels

• When Divine Smite is cast at 2nd Level or higher, damage increases by 1d8Radiant for each Spell Slot Level above 1st.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class Level 2: Paladin

Notes

• Divine Smite cannot be triggered by ranged attacks.
• Deals Weapon Damage +
  • 2d8 (2~16) Radiant
    (to normal enemies)
  • 3d8 (3~24) Radiant
    (to fiends and undead)
• Unlike other smite spells, Divine Smite can also be configured to trigger automatically on a hit or critical hit via the  Reactions menu.
  • When triggered in this way, the only additional resource consumed is the selected level of spell slot.
  • Despite being configured in the Reactions menu, Divine Smite never consumes the  Reaction resource.
• Does double damage (4d8Radiant, increasing by 2d8Radiant for each Spell Slot Level above 1st) if the weapon attack roll is a critical hit.