[RPG] Can you use Divine Smite while you are concentrating on a spell

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I am playing as a multiclassed Hexblade warlock 3/paladin 2 in a D&D 5e campaign.

Can you use your paladin Divine Smite feature in melee while you are concentrating on a spell, such as shadow blade or hex?

While Divine Smite does consume spell slots, it is not a spell; therefore, is it reasonable to suggest that you can use Divine Smite while concentrating?

Best Answer

Yes

Only spells and effects that require concentration will cause you to stop your current spell concentration. This'll be mostly concentration spells, or magical items and class effects that have a phrasing along the lines 'as if you were concentrating on a spell'.

As a bonus action, you cast command, without expending a spell slot, and you take on an appearance of unearthly beauty for 1 minute or until your concentration ends (as if you were concentrating on a spell).

Smite makes no mention of concentration. It simply uses a spell slot, and that's it. You might be getting confused with the various smite-named spells such as Searing Smite, which are actually concentration spells.

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