Banishing Smite
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 5th-level conjuration
- Casting Time
- Bonus action, which you take immediately after hitting a creature with a Melee weapon or an Unarmed Strike
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V
- Duration
- Concentration, 1 minute
- Classes
- Paladin
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2024)
The target hit by the attack roll takes an extra 5d10 Force damage from the attack. If the attack reduces the target to 50 Hit Points or fewer, the target must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or be transported to a harmless demiplane for the duration. While there, the target has the Incapacitated condition. When the spell ends, the target reappears in the space it left or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 5th-level abjuration
- Casting Time
- Bonus action
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V
- Duration
- Concentration, 1 minute
- Classes
- Paladin
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2014)
The next time you hit a creature with a weapon attack before this spell ends, your weapon crackles with force, and the attack deals an extra 5d10 force damage to the target. Additionally, if this attack reduces the target to 50 hit points or fewer, you banish it. If the target is native to a different plane of existence than the one you're on, the target disappears, returning to its home plane. If the target is native to the plane you're on, the creature vanishes into a harmless demiplane. While there, the target is incapacitated. It remains there until the spell ends, at which point the target reappears in the space it left or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied.
Banishing Smite 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Banishing Smite popularity
How popular is Banishing Smite? It is a seldom seen spell in the game, but is chosen above nearly all other options when available. This spell is a rare gem that spellcasters seek out.
- #1 picked level 5 Paladin spell
- Top 50% of all level 5 spells
- Bottom 50% of all 5e spells
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Staggering Smite 4th-level enchantment
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Divine Smite 1st-level evocation
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Blinding Smite 3rd-level evocation
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Wrathful Smite 1st-level necromancy
It uses the same paladin self-buff format, adding damage to an attack while potentially disrupting the enemy afterward.
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Banishment 4th-level abjuration
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