Branding Smite

See also: Legacy of Avernus: Branding Smite

Branding Smite is a level 2 evocation spell. It causes a spellcaster's weapon to gleam with astral radiance, allowing them to mark targets with light, preventing them from turning  Invisible.

Description

Your weapon gleams with astral radiance as you strike and possibly mark your targets with light, preventing it from turning  Invisible.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Cost on hit

 Bonus Action +  Level 2 Spell Slot

Damage: 2~12

Normal weapon damage

+ 2d6⁠Radiant

Details

 Attack Roll

 Range: Normal weapon range

 Concentration

At higher levels

Deals an additional 1d6⁠⁠Radiant damage per level.

Technical details

UID

Target_Smite_Branding_Container

Spell flags

HasVerbalComponent, IsConcentration, IsHarmful, IsLinkedSpellContainer, IsMelee, IsSpell

Variants

•  Branding Smite (Melee)
•  Branding Smite (Ranged)

Condition: Branding Smite

 Branding Smite

Duration: 10 turns

• Cannot turn Invisible.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: The Hexblade
• Class level 5: Paladin

Notes

• See Smite for additional functionality information.
• This spell, unlike most other Smite spells, works with ranged weaponry.
• Zariel tieflings get a special version called  Legacy of Avernus: Branding Smite that can only be cast once per Long Rest, but doesn't consume a spell slot on hit.
• This spell differs from  Branding Smite (Melee) in that it has a small 1 m (3 ft) radius in which it can be used to target the ground and still cause damage and apply  Branding Smite to a single target which may be  Invisible and thus not directly targetable.

Bugs

• Branding Smite cast with a  Level 4 Spell Slot incorrectly lists tooltip damage using the  Level 2 Spell Slot of the spell.
• The spell container for Branding Smite does not correctly display the current spell slot level for Warlocks.
• This spell lacks a restriction against targeting items, and due to the small radius and its target limit of 1 it is possible to target a creature but have  Branding Smite applied to an item within the radius.

External links

•  Branding smite on the Forgotten Realms Wiki