The Oathbound

Reworked Paladin

Prof. Blessed Strikes Prepared

Level Bonus Oathblade Die Features (Including Sacred Oath)
1st +2 -- Divine Sense, Lay on Hands --
2nd +2 1d4 Oathbound Fighting Style, Oathblade --
3rd +2 1d4 Blessed Strikes, Sacred Oath 3
4th +2 1d4 Ability Score Improvement 3
5th +3 1d4 Extra Attack 3
6th +3 1d6 Improved Oathblade 4
7th +3 1d6 Sacred Oath Feature 4
8th +3 1d6 Ability Score Improvement 4
9th +4 1d6 -- 4
10th +4 1d8 Icon of Resolve 4
11th +4 1d8 Sanctified Body 5
12th +4 1d8 Ability Score Improvement 5
13th +5 1d8 -- 5
14th +5 1d10 Purge The Impure 6
15th +5 1d10 Sacred Oath Feature 6
16th +5 1d10 Ability Score Improvement 6
17th +6 1d10 -- 6
18th +6 1d12 Living Saint 7
19th +6 1d12 Ability Score Improvement 7
20th +6 1d12 Sacred Oath Feature 7

Bound by Oath and Contract missing for example, they will receive
Oathbound are those who dedicate their suitable punishment.
lives to following Oaths, whether it be
out of devotion or lust for power. In Hit Points
exchange for the limitations placed on Hit Dice: 1d10 per Oathbound level
themselves, they receive holy power as Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your
per the terms of the contract made in Constitution modifier
the Oath. As such, if an Oathbound Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6)
breaks their Oath, they in turn break this + your Constitution modifier per
contract and can potentially lose some Oathbound level after 1st
if not all of their power. Oathbound can
also form loose contracts mid fight, Proficiencies
augmenting their strikes. If the Armor: All armor, shields
Oathbound fails to uphold the contract Weapons: Simple weapons, martial
formed with the strike however, by weapons
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
Skills: Choose two from Athletics,
Insight, Intimidation, Medicine,
Persuasion, and Religion
Divine Sense
As an action, you can open your
awareness to detect forces of strong
good or evil. Until the end of your next
turn, you know the location of any
celestial, fiend, aberration or undead
within 60 feet of you. You know the type
(celestial, fiend, or undead) of any being
whose presence you sense, but not its
identity. Within the same radius, you
also detect the presence of any place or
object that has been consecrated or
desecrated, as with the hallow spell.
You can use this feature a number of
times equal to 1 + your Charisma
modifier. When you finish a long rest,
you regain all expended uses.
Lay on Hands
Your blessed touch can heal wounds.
You have a pool of healing power that
replenishes when you take a long rest.
With that pool, you can restore a total
number of hit points equal to your
Oathbound level x 2.
As a bonus action, you can touch a
creature and draw power from the pool
to restore a number of hit points to that
creature.
Alternatively, you can expend the
Essence within your body to use Lay on
Hands instead. When you use it in this
way your maximum HP is reduced by
the amount you heal the target for. Any
lost max HP is regained on a long rest.
If you expend more max HP than your
maximum Lay on Hands pool in one
instance of healing, then you take that
healing amount in necrotic damage.
This necrotic damage cannot be
lowered in any way and is taken after
your max HP has been lowered.
This feature has no effect on undead
and constructs.
Oathbound Fighting Style
At 2nd level, you adopt a style of fighting
as part of your Oath. Choose one of the
following options. You can’t take a
Fighting Style option more than once,
even if you later get to choose again.
Oathbound Defense
While you are wearing armor, you gain a
+2 bonus to AC. But you gain
disadvantage on all attack rolls if you
are wielding a shield.
Oathbound Dueling
When you are wielding a melee weapon
in one hand and no other weapons, you
gain a +4 bonus to damage rolls with
that weapon. But you gain disadvantage
on all attack rolls if you are wielding a
shield or a weapon with two hands.
Oathbound Great Weapon Fighting
When you roll a 1 or 2 or 3 on a damage
die for an attack you make with a melee
weapon that you are wielding with two
hands, you can reroll the die and can use
either roll. The weapon must have the
two-handed or versatile property for you
to gain this benefit. But you gain
disadvantage on all attack rolls with a
weapon that you are not wielding with
two hands.
Oathbound Protection
When a creature you can see attacks a
target other than you that is within 5 feet
of you, you can use your reaction to
impose disadvantage on the attack roll.
You can use this once per turn without
expending a reaction. You must be
wielding a shield to do so, and when you
are not you gain a -2 penalty to your AC.
Oathblade
Starting at 2nd level, you gain the ability
to infuse your weapon with divine
energy. As a bonus action on your turn,
you can channel energy into your
weapon causing it to flare with a radiant
or necrotic glow. These infusions cause
your weapon to emit 15 feet of dim light,
and deal additional damage equal to
your Oathblade Die. This extra damage
is radiant if you are good aligned, and
necrotic if you are evil aligned. These
infusions last for a minute, and you can
use them an amount of times equal to
your Charisma modifier. Only one
infusion can be active at a time and you
regain any expended uses on a short or
long rest.
Blessed Strikes
When you reach 3rd level, you gain the
ability to augment your strikes by quickly
forming contracts. You can have two
Blessed Strikes of your choice from the
list below and one from your selected
Sacred Oath prepared. You can have one
additional Blessed Strike of your choice
prepared at 6th, 14th, and 18th level.
You can switch which Blessed Strikes
you have prepared on a short or long
rest.
Whenever you make an attack roll with a
weapon affected by Oathblade you can
choose to augment it with a Blessed
Strike of your choosing. You must do so
before you make the attack roll. Only
one Blessed Strike can be used per
attack.
Each of your Blessed strikes has a set
cooldown. After using it, on a hit or
miss, you cannot use a Blessed Strike
for a set amount of turns as specified in
its description. At the start of each of
your turns, any Blessed Strikes on
cooldown have this time reduced by 1
turn. (i.e. Cooldown 1 can be used every
turn, Cooldown 2 every other turn, etc.)
Blessed Strikes save DC = 8 + your
proficiency bonus + your Charisma
modifier
Sacred Oath
When you reach 3rd level, you swear the
oath that binds you as a paladin forever.
Up to this time you have been in a
preparatory stage, committed to the
path but not yet sworn to it.
Your choice grants you features at 3rd
level and again at 7th, 15th, and 20th
level.
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 4th level, and again at
8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can
increase one ability score of your choice
by 2, or you can increase two ability
scores of your choice by 1. As normal,
you can’t increase an ability score above
20 using this feature.
Using the optional feats rule, you can
forgo taking this feature to take a feat of
your choice instead.
Extra Attack
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack
twice, instead of once, whenever you
take the Attack action on your turn.
Improved Oathblade
At 6th level, you have become in tune
with the divine energies carried in your
infusions. Oathblade now lasts until you
dispel it and any weapon you infuse now
counts as magical.
Icon of Resolve
Starting at 10th level, you stand stalwart
against even the most horrifying
creatures and inspire your allies to do
the same. You and allies within 15 feet
of you can’t be frightened or charmed
while you are conscious.
Sanctified Body
Starting at 11th level, you gain access to
an additional Blessed Strike from your
Sacred Oath. This Blessed Strike is
always prepared. Additionally, when you
hit a creature with a Blessed Strike you
gain temporary hit points equal to half of
your Charisma modifier (rounded down).
These temporary hit points can stack,
but the total cannot exceed your
Charisma modifier.
Purge The Impure
Beginning at 14th level, when you use
Lay on Hands on a creature you can
instead expend 10 points from your pool
of healing or your max HP to end a
negative effect on yourself or a willing
creature. You can also use it to end
spells on yourself or a willing creature
you touch at the cost of 4 points per
level of the spell.

Living Saint
At 18th level, your body has been
permanently altered from your
continued devotion. You now age at half
the speed you normally would. You
regain hit points equal to your Charisma
modifier at the start of each of your
turns while you are above 0 hit points in
combat. Additionally you gain resistance
to radiant damage if you are good
aligned, or necrotic damage if you are
evil aligned.
 gain disadvantage on the next attack
Blessed Strikes List you make.

Staggering Sweep
Lunging Strike
Cooldown 2
Cooldown 1
When you successfully strike a creature
When you call Lunging Strike the
with a Staggering Sweep they must
attack’s range increases by 5 feet. If you
make a Strength saving throw or be
miss the attack you must succeed a
knocked prone. If you miss the attack,
Strength saving throw or be knocked
you must make this saving throw
prone.
instead.

Wrathful Blow
Helmsplitter
Cooldown 1
Cooldown 3
When you call Wrathful Blow you gain
When you successfully strike a creature
advantage on the attack. The target
with Helmsplitter the attack critically
creature gains advantage on the next
strikes on a 19 or 20 and they take
attack they make against you.
maximum damage from the attack. If
you miss the attack, the target’s next
Devastating Thrust
attack against you has advantage and
Cooldown 2
deals maximum damage if it hits.
When you successfully strike a creature
with Devastating Thrust they must make
Overpower
a Strength saving throw or be pushed
Cooldown 3
back 10 feet. If you miss the attack your
When you call Overpower, the target
movement is reduced by 10 on your next
creature can use their reaction in an
turn if the creature is Large or smaller. If
attempt to parry your attack. You make
the creature is larger, you are instead
contested attack rolls, if the target rolls
pushed back 10 feet for each size larger
higher, the attack is blocked and you
than Large the creature is and knocked
take half of the damage of the attack. If
prone.
you roll higher, then the attack is treated
as normal. If this attack lands, it deals
Resolute Strike
two additional Oathblade dice in
Cooldown 2
damage. This additional damage is not
When you successfully strike a creature
dealt to yourself on a failed attempt.
with a Resolute Strike you gain
temporary hit points equal to what you
rolled on your Oathblade die for
damage. If you miss the attack then you
Subclass Specific Changes
Oath of Conquest
Blade of Conquest (Replaces Channel
Divinity)
When you take this Oath at 3rd level, you
gain the following Blessed Strike option.
Conqueror’s Blade
Cooldown 1
When you successfully strike a creature
with Conqueror's Blade they must
succeed a Wisdom saving throw or be
frightened of you until the end of your
next turn. If you miss the attack you gain
disadvantage on Wisdom checks and
saving throws until the start of your next
turn. After a creature has been
Frightened of you, they have advantage
on the next check they make against
being Frightened.
Hope’s End (11th Level)
Cooldown 4
When you call Hope’s End, you make the
attack roll against the target creature at
disadvantage. If they are frightened of
you this attack is instead made at
advantage. If this attack lands, it deals
an additional Oathblade die in damage.
If the target creature is Frightened of
you they take another additional
Oathblade die in damage and must
make another Wisdom saving throw. If
they fail, your horrifying visage is burned
into their memory and they are turned. A
turned creature must spend all of its
movement moving away from you until it
is attacked. If the attack misses then
you instantly fail the next Wisdom check
or saving throw you make before the
start of your next turn.
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Oath of Devotion
Blade of Devotion (Replaces Channel
Divinity)
When you take this Oath at 3rd level, you
gain the following Blessed Strike option.
Dutiful Blade
Cooldown 1
When you successfully strike a creature
with Dutiful Blade, the next attack an ally
makes against that creature has
advantage. If you miss, the next attack
against you has advantage.
Rallying Brand (11th Level)
Cooldown 4
When you successfully strike a creature
with Rallying Brand, any friendly creature
within range can expend their reaction
to make a melee attack against the
branded target. If you miss the attack,
then any creature within range can
expend a reaction to attack you instead.
Aura Of Devotion (Updated 7th Level)
Allies within 10 feet of you gain
temporary hit points equal to the
amount of allies within the aura. Up to a
maximum of your Charisma modifier per
turn.
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Oath of Redemption
Blade of Redemption (Replaces
Channel Divinity)
When you take this Oath at 3rd level, you
gain the following Blessed Strike option.
Patient Blade
Cooldown 1
You can forgo an attack to activate
Patient Blade. When Patient Blade is
active you can add your proficiency to
Charisma (Persuasion) checks. If any
creature attacks you while in Patient
Blade, you can expend your reaction to
strike them back with advantage.
Patient Blade lasts until you make an
attack. You do not need to have a
weapon drawn or affected by Oathblade
to use Patient Blade.
Beyond Redemption (11th Level)
Cooldown 3
If you succeed in three contests
between your Charisma (Persuasion)
and the target creature’s Wisdom
(Insight) in trying to convince them to
cease the evil they are committing
without attacking them, you can strike
them with Beyond Redemption if they
continue. When you successfully strike a
creature with Beyond Redemption they
take three additional Oathblade dice in
damage. Beyond Redemption can only
be used against intelligent creatures
who understand what they are doing is
unjust.
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Oath of Ancients
Blade of The Ancient (Replaces
Channel Divinity)
When you take this Oath at 3rd level, you
gain the following Blessed Strike option
Nature’s Blade
Cooldown 2
If you successfully strike a creature with
Nature’s Blade, the target creature must
succeed a Strength saving throw or be
Restrained until the end of your next turn
as spectral vines grip onto them. A
Restrained creature can attempt to
repeat the saving throw at the end of
their turn. If you miss, you must make
the saving throw or be Restrained
instead.
Gift of Nature (11th Level)
Cooldown 4
If you successfully strike a creature with
Gift of Nature, each creature of your
choosing within your Aura of Warding
regains hit points equal to your
Oathblade damage die x 2. If you miss,
then you take your Oathblade die in
damage instead.
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Oath of Vengeance make an attack of opportunity against
Blade of Vengeance (Replaces Channel that creature if it is within range.
Divinity)
When you take this Oath at 3rd level, you
gain the following Blessed Strike option

Avenger’s Blade
Cooldown 1
If a creature has struck you or a friendly
creature since your last turn you can
target them with Avenger’s Blade. If you
successfully strike a creature with
Avenger’s Blade, it deals an additional
Oathblade die in damage.

The Hunt (11th Level)

Cooldown 6
After a creature has struck you or an ally
you can target them with The Hunt. If
you successfully strike a creature with
The Hunt, they are marked for the next
minute, or until the creature is reduced
to 0 hit points. You know the location of
the marked target as long as they are
within 120 feet of you. You can use a
bonus action to teleport to an
unoccupied space next to the marked
creature that you know the location of. If
you miss, The Hunt’s cooldown is
reduced to 1, but you take two
Oathblade dice in damage.

Soul of Vengeance (Updated)

Starting at 15th level, when a creature
under the effect of The Hunt makes an
attack, you can use your reaction to
Subclass Reworks that deals an additional Oathblade die in
damage.
Oath of Chivalry
Oath of Crown Rework
Heart of Chivalry
Starting at 7th level, word of your deeds
Tenets of Chivalry
as a knight-errant have begun to spread
Honor: You must be honorable on and
throughout the land. As such, you must
off the battlefield. An honorable knight
conduct yourself in a more chivalrous
does not cheat, lie, or backstab in order
manner on the battlefield. You begin to
to gain an advantage.
specialize in only Chivalrous Weapons.
Glory: Let your heroic deeds on the
The weapon types generally looked
battlefield be known to your peers and
upon as Chivalrous Weapons are
the populace.
longswords, greatswords, and lances.
Loyalty: Your word is your bond. Without
You gain the following effects:
loyalty, oaths and laws are meaningless.
- You gain expertise in Animal
Courage: You must be willing to do what
Handling checks made when
needs to be done for the sake of order,
interacting with a horse.
even in the face of overwhelming odds.
- You gain a -10 penalty to any
If you don’t act, then who will?
ranged attacks you make.
- You gain disadvantage on attack
rolls made with weapons that
Blade of Chivalry
aren’t Chivalrous Weapons.
When you take this Oath at 3rd level, you
- Any ranged attack that hits you or
gain the following Blessed Strike option:
your mount deals 1d6 less
damage.
Knight’s Challenge
- Once per turn you can reroll a
Cooldown 1
damage die on an attack you
You can forgo an attack to target a
make with a Chivalrous Weapon.
creature within 30 feet with Knight’s
Challenge, compelling them to do battle
with you. Other Oathbound must accept
Sanctified Body Blessed Strike
this challenge, and some creatures may
Starting at 11th level, you gain access to
willingly accept it. Otherwise, they must
an additional Blessed Strike from your
make a Wisdom saving throw or fall
Sacred Oath.
under the effects of Compelled Duel.
When you use Knight’s Challenge
against a creature already under its
effects, you can instead make an attack
Glorious Charge
Cooldown 3
You can call your allies around you to
join you in a charge against the enemy.
As an action you can call allies within 20
feet of you to join you. On their turn,
friendly creatures can use their action to
rally to your call. At the end of another
creature’s turn, you can use your
reaction to initiate the Glorious Charge.
You and any creatures that rallied can
move up to their entire movement and
use the Attack action on a creature. If
the friendly creature moved at least 15
feet before making the attack, then they
add your Charisma modifier to the
attack and damage roll of their first
attack. Any charging creature on a
mount adds twice your Charisma
modifier instead.
should one of these occur
however.
Soul of Chivalry
At 20th level, your deeds as a knight
have earned you your place in folklore
and legend across the countryside. You
gain the following benefits.
- Any ranged attacks against you
or your mount instead deal 1d10
less damage and have
disadvantage.
- Glorious Charge’s range is
increased to allies within 100 feet
around you.
- Any creature that strikes you with
a melee attack while Knight’s
Challenge is active takes your
Charisma modifier in radiant
damage.

Spirit of Chivalry
Starting at 15th level, you have well
earned your place amongst the finest
knights in the land. You gain the
following benefits while holding a
Chivalrous Weapon.
- You can target a creature with
Knight’s Challenge at the start of
each of your turns. You cannot
use the attack version of it when
doing so and it is still placed on
cooldown as normal.
- Knight’s Challenge is no longer
interrupted when a friendly
creature damages or casts a
harmful spell on the target. You
can choose it to end willingly