Thunderous Smite

Category: Baldur’s Gate Spells

Level 1 Evocation spell available to Paladins. It adds 2d6 Thunder to a hit and shoves the target 3m, possibly Prone. A control smite that loves a nearby ledge.

Spell description: Your weapon rings with thunder as you strike, pushing your target 3m away and possibly knocking it Prone. If the spellcaster misses the initial Attack, the Spell Slot and Bonus Action are not consumed.

Spell properties

Damage: 2d6 Thunder plus normal weapon damage
Damage type: Thunder
Range: Weapon range
Save: STR save
Attack type: Melee weapon Attack Roll
Conditions applied: Pushed back 3m and knocked Prone on a failed save.
Cost: Action + Bonus Action + Spell Slot
Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

Casting Thunderous Smite at higher levels provides no additional benefits.

How to obtain Thunderous Smite

Paladin at Class level 2
College of Lore (Bard) at Class level 6 via Magical Secrets
Bard at Class level 10 via Magical Secrets
Source item: Cacophony

Your weapon rings with thunder as you strike, pushing your target 3m away and possibly knocking it Prone. If the spellcaster misses the initial Attack, the Spell Slot and Bonus Action are not consumed.

Range: Weapon range

Save: STR save

When to cast Thunderous Smite

The push and Prone are the value, not the 2d6. Smite an enemy on a ledge and the 3m shove sends it off the edge, and a Prone target is easy pickings for the rest of your party. It is a control smite dressed up as a damage one.

It costs no slot on a miss, so there is no downside to leading with it, and the Strength save to resist the knockback is one many enemies fail. Line up a cliff or a chasm and this Level 1 slot can end a dangerous enemy outright.

Looking for more spells? Check out our full sortable and filterable list of all BG3 spells in the database.

Browse all BG3 Spells →

Spell properties

Level

Level 1

School

Evocation

Casting resource

Action + Bonus Action + Spell Slot

Damage type

Thunder

Range

Weapon range

Duration

-

You might also like these spells pages:

Arcane Lock

Level 2 Abjuration spell available to Wizards. Seals a door or container with a magical lock that cannot be picked and cannot be opened with Knock. Mostly it is Knock in a mirror and just as situational, but it has one combat trick that is properly good. Spell...

Web

Level 2 Conjuration spell available to Sorcerers and Wizards. Covers a 4m radius in sticky webbing: Difficult Terrain that halves movement, and anything that fails a Dexterity save is Enwebbed and cannot move at all. It is also flammable. That second sentence is the...

Pass Without Trace

Level 2 Abjuration spell available to Druids and Rangers. A flat +10 bonus to Stealth Checks for you and every companion nearby. Not Advantage. Ten points. It is the largest single modifier any spell in the game hands out, and it turns your whole party, plate armour...

Warding Bond

Level 2 Abjuration spell available to Clerics. You bind yourself to an ally: they get Resistance to all damage and a +1 bonus to Armour Class and Saving Throws, and every point of damage they take is dealt to you as well. No Concentration, lasts until a Long Rest....

Spike Growth

Level 2 Transmutation spell available to Druids and Rangers. Turns a 6m patch of ground into hardened spikes: 2d4 Piercing damage for every 1.5m a creature moves through it, and its Movement Speed is halved. There is no save. In a game where enemies love to charge...

Arcane Lock

Level 2 Abjuration spell available to Wizards. Seals a door or container with a magical lock that cannot be picked and cannot be opened with Knock. Mostly it is Knock in a mirror and just as situational, but it has one combat trick that is properly good. Spell...

Notes & sources

RPGWire’s BG3 Wiki is an independent fan resource maintained by a small team. We do our best to fact-check all content against in-game testing and official Larian sources. Errors can happen. If you spot one, or want to contribute to the wiki, Contact us here.

Spell mechanics, descriptions and values are based on Baldur’s Gate 3 version 4.1.1.7209685 and may change with future patches. Where applicable, sources are cited within each article.

Copyright disclaimer & licensing

Some or all of this work is © Larian Studios. Some spell icons and game data are property of Larian Studios and used here under their fan content policy. Any fan-created works using content from Larian fall under: Larian Fan Content Policy and / or Baldur’s Gate 3 Fan Content Terms. Some of the icons used in these spell cards were downloaded from Sammy8932 on NexusMods.

0 Comments