+ Radiant Damage Question

[SDOgre]

Here's a nit pick question, but as soon as you face something with radiant resistance it'll matter.

Radiant Smite (p.92 PHB) says for damage:

2[W] + Strength modifier + Wisdom modifier radiant damage.

So is it all radiant damage or just the wisdom modifier portion?

For reference see Holy Strike.

 

[VannATLC]

Encounter

Divine, Radiant, Weapon

As far as I am aware, any power that dictates a damage type, does that damage type, with all of its damage.

 

[Mort_Q]

As I understand it, it's all radiant damage.

 

[Danceofmasks]

Encounter

Divine, Radiant, Weapon

As far as I am aware, any power that dictates a damage type, does that damage type, with all of its damage.

For most powers, yes ...
See Prismatic Spray (Wizard 25) for one exception.

 

[Gloombunny]

If it weren't all radiant damage, I would expect it to say "2[W] + Strength modifier damage and Wisdom modifier radiant damage."

 

[Danceofmasks]

Yeah but unfortunately, "+" is pronounced "and" by some people, and they aren't wrong.
English is a bad bad language.

 

[Gloombunny]

Thing is, there's no mention of non-radiant damage in the power. Powers that deal damage without a specific type still say "damage". It would be incorrect to read the power as "2[W] + Strength modifier, and also Wisdom modifier radiant damage", because powers never just say "2[W] + Strength modifier".