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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 8766593" data-attributes="member: 7030563">If they don't have wounded ones of their own, why are you assuming that the enemy you are leaving doesn't go next .... or that your party members will manage to hit themalso you can turn this upside down too, maybe your wizaerrd is about to lay Hold Person on several of them so you don't want him focusing on wounded ones.The difference between your weakest smite and your most poweful smite is 9hp.&nbsp; It is going to be rare that you will know hps with that much accuracy, especially against a high-hp boss.4 ghasts as an example is between a &quot;medium&quot; and &quot;hard&quot; encounter for a single Paladin at 11th level, or alternatively it is your share of foes in a medium encounter.&nbsp; If have 6 of those fights a day you are going to be hard pressed to land all your smite damage and if you switch from one to the other to another to make it work there are going to be a ton more actions they will have.And keep in mind the Paladin is not way ahead of the fighter at this level.&nbsp; The fighter has 33 more attacks a day, even if every single smite lands for full damage, the fighter only has to be doing 11 damage per hit to still beat him (assuming 2/3rds hit).&nbsp; That is if every single smite die actually lands for full damage.&nbsp; At 11th level a duelist with a longsword should be averaging 11.5, before you consider any additional riders from subclass or his extra feat.&nbsp; So he is ahead even if the Paladin never wastes damage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 8766593, member: 7030563"] If they don't have wounded ones of their own, why are you assuming that the enemy you are leaving doesn't go next .... or that your party members will manage to hit them also you can turn this upside down too, maybe your wizaerrd is about to lay Hold Person on several of them so you don't want him focusing on wounded ones. The difference between your weakest smite and your most poweful smite is 9hp. It is going to be rare that you will know hps with that much accuracy, especially against a high-hp boss. 4 ghasts as an example is between a "medium" and "hard" encounter for a single Paladin at 11th level, or alternatively it is your share of foes in a medium encounter. If have 6 of those fights a day you are going to be hard pressed to land all your smite damage and if you switch from one to the other to another to make it work there are going to be a ton more actions they will have. And keep in mind the Paladin is not way ahead of the fighter at this level. The fighter has 33 more attacks a day, even if every single smite lands for full damage, the fighter only has to be doing 11 damage per hit to still beat him (assuming 2/3rds hit). That is if every single smite die actually lands for full damage. At 11th level a duelist with a longsword should be averaging 11.5, before you consider any additional riders from subclass or his extra feat. So he is ahead even if the Paladin never wastes damage. [/QUOTE]

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