Can you use smite on Opportunity attack?

The Searing Smite spell can apply to attacks of opportunity. Because the rules of Searing Smite state that you'll deal fire damage “the next time you hit a creature with a melee attack,” and opportunity attacks qualify as melee attacks, they work with Searing Smite.
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Can you smite on a bonus action attack?

Yes. Thunderous Smite is a spell you use your bonus action to cast which affects the first melee attack you hit, whereas Divine Smite uses a spell slot, but is used, at a maximum of once per turn, as a part of your attack.
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Can you divine Smite on a reaction attack?

Regular attack, reaction attack, critical attack and reaction critical attack. They probably included it in the spellbook like that for people who might be new to the rules of D&D to make it very clear that Divine Smite can be used in all 4 of these situations.
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Can you still use smite as an oathbreaker?

Oathbreakers lose access to their holy spells and gain access to unholy ones. Instead of having a hybrid support and frontline fighter role, these Paladins have a higher focus on inflicting damage, casting offensive magic, and controlling the dead instead of smiting them. Players will still have access to Divine Smite.
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Can you use spells on Opportunity attacks?

The War Caster feat reads, in part: When a hostile creature's movement provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action and must target only that creature.
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Can you use Opportunity attacks to grapple?

In Dungeons and Dragons 5e, when presented with an opportunity attack, can the character choose to grapple the creature provoking the attack? Does this stop the creatures movement? You cannot (unless some house rule is in play, of course).
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Does thorn whip provoke opportunity attacks?

Thorn Whip itself does not provoke opportunity attacks from the target since forced movement does not trigger reactions.
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What is the smite rule 5E?

Divine Smite

Starting at 2nd level, when you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can expend one spell slot to deal radiant damage to the target, in addition to the weapon's damage. The extra damage is 2d8 for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d8 for each spell level higher than 1st, to a maximum of 5d8.
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What is the divine smite rule?

1) The Class power of Divine Smite is *not* a spell. It directly burns spell slots to power, but it is not a spell and cannot be counterspelled. It's just bonus damage on a strike that has already hit, “when you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack”.
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Can you smite off green flame blade?

With Green Flame Blade, you make a melee attack. Smite can only be used when you hit a creature with a melee weapon.
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Can I smite on an attack of opportunity?

The Searing Smite spell can apply to attacks of opportunity.

Because the rules of Searing Smite state that you'll deal fire damage “the next time you hit a creature with a melee attack,” and opportunity attacks qualify as melee attacks, they work with Searing Smite.
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Can you use two smites in one turn?

A Paladin can cast a Spell during the same turn they use Divine Smite. You cannot expend multiple Spell Slots to increase the Divine Smite damage of one attack.
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Can you use divine smite while raging?

Divine Smite.

Thankfully, this doesn't count as casting a spell either, so we're free to do it while raging. Each 1st-level slot turns into 2d8 damage, with an extra 1d8 damage for each spell slot level above 1st, up to a maximum of 5d8 smite damage. Or 6d8 smite damage if the target is undead or a fiend.
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Why is Divine Smite melee only?

Divine smite requires a weapon because it references the weapon's damage die. Improved divine smite requires a weapon because it refers to hitting a creature with a melee weapon. Unarmed strikes are melee weapon attacks because there are 4 categories of attacks, melee/ranged weapon/spell.
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Can you use smite on enemies?

Chilling Smite: Smite can be cast on enemy champions, dealing 28-164 true damage and stealing 20% of their movement speed. Blasting Smite: Smite deals half damage to all monsters and enemy minions near the target and stuns them for 1.5 seconds. Casting Smite on a monster restores 15% of missing Health and Mana.
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Can you use divine smite on a bonus action?

Divine smite in D&D 5e does not require an action of any sort (i.e. not an action, bonus action or reaction.) Additionally Divine Smite can only be used on a confirmed hit or crit (thus it cannot be used on an attack that misses).
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How many times can I use divine smite?

1 divine smite per attack, but no limit per turn. (Maybe consider actually finishing your sentences, unless your group is actually telling you you can't play paladin, in which case you have bigger problems than number of smites.)
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Can you use divine smite and another smite?

Now, you're right in your closing: smite spells don't stack. All of a paladin's smite spells require a bonus action to cast and concentration to maintain until they hit.
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How to roll for divine smite?

You roll to hit with the first attack and roll a Nat 20. Before the DM tells you that you have hit with the attack, you declare using a bonus action to cast Branding Smite with a 2nd level spell slot.
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Does Smite trigger Tempestuous Magic?

Tempestuous Magic Tips & Notes

Can also be used outside of combat, and is best triggered by ritual spells that do not expend your spell slots. Divine Smite does NOT trigger this effect.
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What feat prevents opportunity attacks?

The Sentinel feat is a powerful option for melee characters, allowing them to: Stop enemies from fleeing with opportunity attacks, even if they disengage.
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Do opportunity attacks have to be melee?

To make the opportunity attack, you use your reaction to make one melee attack against the provoking creature. The attack occurs right before the creature leaves your reach.
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What triggers opportunity attacks in D&D?

Enemies must leave your area of reach before they trigger an opportunity attack, and a larger area of reach means they have more freedom to move around before you can bash them over the head.
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