Quick question. Does this need to be announced prior to rolling to hit. We had him announce after rolling a critical.
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- Thread starter patwil
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Rodney Mulraney
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Well PHB page 85;
When you HIT [...], you CAN [...]
So you cant announce it before you hit, because you only get to choose to expend the spell slot after you hit. Which is nice, since you wont waste spell slots. After you tell the DM what you rolled to hit, and the DM tells you if you hit or not. Then ONLY if you actually successfully land a hit, you get to choose to burn a spell slot to do some extra radiant damage.
So you announce it just before you roll damage for your melee attack.
So you did it correctly and the smite damage dice and the weapon dmg dice you get to roll double the amount of both on a critical.
Paladins
When you HIT [...], you CAN [...]
So you cant announce it before you hit, because you only get to choose to expend the spell slot after you hit. Which is nice, since you wont waste spell slots. After you tell the DM what you rolled to hit, and the DM tells you if you hit or not. Then ONLY if you actually successfully land a hit, you get to choose to burn a spell slot to do some extra radiant damage.
So you announce it just before you roll damage for your melee attack.
So you did it correctly and the smite damage dice and the weapon dmg dice you get to roll double the amount of both on a critical.
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FrogReaver
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I always use the paladin divine smite after I crit. It's just the right thing to do!
Charles Rampant
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It's what our lord and savior Mearls would want us to do.
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