Divine Smite is the feature Paladins unlock at level 2. After landing a melee weapon attack, you can elect to smite the enemy. It uses up a single spell slot and does 2d8 Radiant damage on top of your regular weapon damage. Against fiends and undead-type enemies, you deal an additional 1d8, so in total 3d8 damage. This increases with the spell level, so while a 1st- level spell slot would do 2d8, a 2nd-level would do 3d8, and so on. It caps out at 5d8 or a 4th-level spell slot.
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