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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrozenNorth" data-source="post: 8775887" data-attributes="member: 7020832">Let’s try looking at this in a different way… At level 11, paladins get improved divine smite.  Each of their attacks does an additional 1d8 radiant damage.  One interpretation is that they are so holy, they are leaking holiness out of every orifice.This isn’t magic.  Improved divine smite works in an anti-magic field.  It can’t be dispelled or counterspelled.  It is part of the paladin’s nature.Smites can work in the same manner.  Particularly since the basic smite doesn’t even need to be “cast” the way other smites are.I prefer to leave that to the individual players.  Maybe one will tie it to their weapon being blessed.  Maybe another will tie it to their righteousness (the same way a monk’s ki empowers their extraordinary abilities).  I would love it for a genasi paladin to tie it to the manifestation of their racial heritage and express it as fire, cold, lightning or acid damage instead.</blockquote>