Oath of Storms
T
he Oath of the Storms is a pledge as ancient as
storms themselves. Paladins who follow gods
of the tempest, such as Kord, Talos, Thor or
Zeus or have a strong connection with nature
tend to follow this oath. Accompanied by the
natural chaos of the tempest and armed with
the power to destroy their enemies Paladins of
the Storm have a duty to maintain the balance between evil
and good. And just like a storm has no personal goals, but is
rather an instrument of the skies and winds, a Paladin
following this path must leave his past grievances behind and
become an instrument of the gods and nature.
Tenets of the Storm
The nature of the storms makes those who don't understand
them seem evil, but those who do, know of their necessity.
Paladins of the storm share these ideals.
Calm before the Storm. Before the rain, always comes a
drizzle. Never strike unprovoked, talk before resulting to
violence.
Roaring Thunder. During conflict or otherwise, your
presence must be made known. A storm is always seen
approaching.
Weather the Storm. Through hardship, we grow. Embrace
the pain that life throws at you and channel it to become
stronger.
Clouded Path. The skies of your future are not yet clear.
Walk the path of life with faith and help those in need of
guidance.
Oath spells
You gain the following spells at the Paladin levels listed.
Oath of Storms
Paladin level Spells
3rd Zephyr Strike, Thunderwave
5th Gust of Wind, Shatter
9th Lightning Bolt, Wind Wall
13th Freedom of Movement, Storm Sphere
17th Maelstrom, Cloudkill
Conduit
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you can choose to
convert the damage of your Divine Smite from radiant, into
either lighting or thunder damage.
Channel Divinity
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following
two Channel Divinity options.
Destructive Wrath. You can control the surging power of
the storm to destroy those who oppose you. When you roll
Lightning or Thunder damage for a spell, you can use your
Channel Divinity to deal maximum damage, instead of
rolling.
Open Skies. You have become one with the power of the
storm, allowing you to bend it to your will. As an Action you
can present your holy symbol and speak words of protection
and warding. You can disperse any natural storm within one
mile of you, after concentrating for 1 minute, like
concentrating on a spell.
Aura of the Storm
Starting at 7th level, as a bonus action on your turn you can
cause a strong wind to billow 10 feet around you until you
dismiss it as a bonus action. The aura has the following
effects:
The area is considered difficult terrain, for everyone but
you.
It expels vapors, gas and for that can be dispersed by a
strnog wind.
Unprotected, non-magical flames, torch sized or smaller
are extinguished.
At 18th level, the radious of the aura extends to 30 ft.
Esoteric Surge
Starting at 15th level, whenever a hostile creature within your
Aura of Storms attacks you and you are not incapacitated, it
takes lightning damage equal to your Charisma modifier.
When your Avatar of the Thunder Gods is active, creatures
attacking you take 2d8 + your Charisma modifier damage.
Avatar of the Thunder Gods
At 20th level, you can use your action to become a thundering
avatar of nature's wrath. For 1 minute, crackling electricity
surrounds your body and heavy winds burst around you.
You are immune to lightning and thunder damage.
You gain a flying speed of 60 feet and you can't be knocked
prone. If you already have a flying speed, it is increased by
60 feet.
Any lightning or thunder damage you deal, ignores
resistance to those damage types and treats immunity as
resistance.
When you take the attack action on your turn you can
forgo one of your attacks and instead attampt to harm
your enemies using crackling lightning and roaring
thunder. You can target one creature within 30 feet of you.
The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw
(against your Paladin spell save DC) or take 4d8 lightning
damage and be pushed 10 feet away from you or take 4d8
thunder damage and be deafened. On a succesful save the
target takes half damage and doesn't suffer any additional
effect.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until after
you finish a long rest.