You imbue your shield with your deity’s influence, causing radiant energy to strike up to three targets of your choice within 60 feet of where you stand.
Each target needs to make a DC 18 DEX save or take 4d6 radiant damage for the first target, reducing to 2d6 for the second target, and 1d6 for the third,. Targets take half damage (rounded down; minimum 1) on success.
Each creature that fails a save (unless if they use a legendary or similar action to choose to succeed) is silenced/deafened until the start of your next turn. Immunity to radiant damage does not automatically grant a save against the silencing effect.
The radiant damage increases (to 6d6, 3d6, 2d6, respectively) if you cast it at 5th level. If the caster is an oathbreaker paladin, change the radiant damage to necrotic damage.
* - (A shield with a holy symbol of the character's deity)