D&D 5E On Past Tenses and Paladins

[Dannyalcatraz]

Now I have to make a Paladin and always attempt to use the past participle of smite.

And make him a tabaxi (or Rakasta) and name him Smitten Kitten.

Make sure the party's Bard sings of "Cat Smack Fever" after Smitten Kitten's smitifications.

Or perhaps SK him/purrself can recite "The Cat in the Hat can Whack" as a poetic way of issuing a threat...

 

[BoldItalic]

Smite works like write. To see how, replace "wr" with "sm" in the following sentence:

"Just write it down, look at what you have written and ask yourself, who wrote that writing?"

Interestingly, there don't seem to be any other verbs quite like these two. Perhaps it's just as well.

 

[MarkB]

Different uses for different circumstances.

"He smote the goblin" to describe the action.

"The goblin has been smited" to confirm that it occurred.

"The goblin is smitten" to describe its status.

 

[wedgeski]

I like smat. Smat. I just like saying it. Smat. Puts a smile on my face.

My actual choice is "smote".

 

[lowkey13]

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[Krachek]

I am Mr Smith?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

You smight be.

 

[Guest 6801718]

Is that a taunt, or a dare?

Yes.

 

[lowkey13]

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[tuxgeo]

"When 'Omer Smote 'Is Bloomin' Lyre" by Rudyard Kipling
(link to poetryloverspage)

When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre,
He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea;
An' what he thought 'e might require,
'E went an' took -- the same as me!

The market-girls an' fishermen,
The shepherds an' the sailors, too,
They 'eard old songs turn up again,
But kep' it quiet -- same as you!

They knew 'e stole; 'e knew they knowed.
They didn't tell, nor make a fuss,
But winked at 'Omer down the road,
An' 'e winked back -- the same as us!