The smite spells all cause the next weapon attack that hits to do additional damage (and all of them except banishing smite and branding smite specify “melee weapon attack”) – but they all have an additional effect beyond damage that lasts for the duration of the spell, which is a significant part of why they all have …
Can you smite while concentrating on a spell?
As a bonus action, you cast command, without expending a spell slot, and you take on an appearance of unearthly beauty for 1 minute or until your concentration ends (as if you were concentrating on a spell). Smite makes no mention of concentration. It simply uses a spell slot, and that’s it.
Does smite count as casting a spell?
Never miss a Moment Divine smite is not a spell, yet it is fueled by spell slots. Because it is not a spell, it is not affected by things like Rage that prevent spellcasting.
Can I Smite and thunderous Smite?
The various Smite spells available at time of writing (Banishing, Blinding, Branding, Searing, Staggering, Thunderous, Wrathful) all begin with a variant of the following: The [next] time you hit [a creature] with a melee weapon attack… There is not a restriction saying you cannot combine these two effects.
Does Smite break concentration?
Divine Smite and the various Smite spells are different features, and nothing in their description precludes them from working with one another. The Smite spells use Concentration, but Concentration allows using other spells and features, as long as they don’t require Concentration themselves.
How does the Smite spell work in RuneScape?
The spell description says: The next time you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack during the spell’s duration, your weapon flares with white-hot intensity, and the attack deals an extra 1d6 fire damage to the target and causes the target to ignite in flames.
Can you use Smite on more than one creature?
The effect only ever applies to one creature – the first one you hit with a melee weapon attack while you’re concentrating on the spell.
Is the blinding Smite spell one use only?
The above quote refers to the Blinding Smite spell, but other spells that deal extra damage on a hit (like Branding Smite) share the same wording of “The next time”. Thanks for contributing an answer to Role-playing Games Stack Exchange!
How many Smite spells can a Paladin use?
Paladins have access to 7 smite spells. Let’s use searing smite as an example, as you’ve mentioned. Searing smite is a concentration spell with a duration of up to 1 minute. The spell description says:
