an unarmed strike counts as a melee weapon attack, even though the attacker’s body isn’t considered a weapon. Thus, RAW, unarmed strikes also do not work with Divine Smite.
Can divine smite be used on a ranged attack?
If a weapon has the thrown property, you can throw the weapon to make a ranged attack”, because it’s a ranged attack, and not a melee one, you can’t use Divine Smite on it.
Can you smite on punches?
Short Answer: Yes. You can perform Smites with unarmed attacks and they count as melee weapon attacks, but unarmed strikes are not melee weapons.
Can smites be nonlethal?
Divine Smite can only be applied on a melee attack. Note that it’s phrased as being additional damage to the weapon’s damage, rather than, for example, entirely separate damage that just happens to appear at the same time as the weapon attack.
Can you divine smite while raging?
LeK is correct, you can Divine Smite while Raging.
When do you use divine Smite on Paladin?
The only prerequisite for when you can use Divine Smite is “when you hit a creature with a melee attack”.
Do you get radiant damage with improved divine Smite?
They attack with a longsword which is 1D8, according to Improved Divine Smite all of his attacks get an extra 1D8 radiant automatically, then can use their spell slots to add even more radiant damage? That is correct. Paladin punches for 1 hp + Str. modifier
How does Divine Smite work in dungeons and Dragons?
Divine Smite Starting at 2nd level, when you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can expend one spell slot to deal radiant damage to the target, in addition to the weapon’s damage. The extra damage is 2d8 for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d8 for each spell level higher than 1st, to a maximum of 5d8.
Can you use divine Smite on a booming blade?
You can even use divine smite on a melee weapon attack that’s part of a spell or that triggers the effect of a spell. This means you could Thunderous Smite, Booming Blade and divine smite on the Booming Blade attack.
