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lad in plate armor that gleams in the sunlight
despite the dust and grime of long travel, a
human lays down her sword and shield and
places her hands on a mortally wounded man.
Divine radiance shines from her hands, the
man's wounds knit closed, and his eyes open
wide with amazement.
A dwarf crouches behind an outcrop, his black cloak
making him nearly invisible in the night, and watches an
orc war band celebrating its recent victory. Silently, he
stalks into their midst and whispers an oath, and two orcs
are dead before they even realize he is there.
Silver hair shining in a shaft of light that seems to
illuminate only him, an elf laughs with exultation. His spear
flashes like his eyes as he jabs again and again at a twisted
giant, until at last his light overcomes its hideous darkness.
Whatever their origin and their mission, paladins are
united by their oaths to stand against the forces of evil.
Whether sworn before a god's altar and the witness of a
priest, in a sacred glade before nature spirits and fey
beings, or in a moment of desperation and grief with the
dead as the only witness, a paladin's oath is a powerful
bond. It is a source of power that turns a devout warrior
into a blessed champion.
The Cause of Righteousness
A paladin swears to uphold justice and righteousness, to
stand with the good things of the world against the
encroaching darkness, and to hunt the forces of evil
wherever they lurk. Different paladins focus on various
aspects of the cause of righteousness, but all are bound by
the oaths that grant them power to do their sacred work.
Although many paladins are devoted to gods of good, a
paladin's power comes as much from a commitment to
justice itself as it does from a god.
Paladins train for years to learn the skills of combat,
mastering a variety of weapons and armor. Even so, their
martial skills are secondary to the magical power they
wield: power to heal the sick and injured, to smite the
wicked and the undead, and to protect the innocent and
those who join them in the fight for justice.
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Beyond the Mundane Life
Almost by definition, the life of a paladin is an adventuring
life. Unless a lasting injury has taken him or her away from
adventuring for a time, every paladin lives on the front lines
of the cosmic struggle against evil. Fighters are rare
enough among the ranks of the militias and armies of the
world, but even fewer people can claim the true calling of a
paladin. When they do receive the call, these warriors turn
from their former occupations and take up arms to fight
evil. Sometimes their oaths lead them into the service of
the crown as leaders of elite groups of knights, but even
then their loyalty is first to the cause of righteousness, not
to crown and country.
Adventuring paladins take their work seriously. A delve
into an ancient ruin or dusty crypt can be a quest driven by
a higher purpose than the acquisition of treasure. Evil lurks
in dungeons and primeval forests, and even the smallest
victory against it can tilt the cosmic balance away from
oblivion.
Creating a Paladin
The most important aspect of a paladin character is the
nature of his or her holy quest. Although the class features
related to your oath don't appear until you reach 3rd level,
plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions
at the end of the class. Are you a devoted servant of good,
loyal to the gods of justice and honor, a holy knight in
shining armor venturing forth to smite evil? Are you a
glorious champion of the light, cherishing everything
beautiful that stands against the shadow, a knight whose
oath descends from traditions older than many of the gods?
Or are you an embittered loner sworn to take vengeance on
those who have done great evil, sent as an angel of death by
the gods or driven by your need for revenge? Appendix B
lists many deities worshiped by paladins throughout the
multiverse, such as Torm, Tyr, Heironeous, Paladine, Kiri-
Jolith, Dol Arrah, the Silver Flame, Bahamut, Athena, Re-
Horakhty, and Heimdall.
How did you experience your call to serve as a paladin?
Did you hear a whisper from an unseen god or angel while
you were at prayer? Did another paladin sense the potential
within you and decide to train you as a squire? Or did some
terrible event — the destruction of your home, perhaps —
drive you to your quests? Perhaps you stumbled into a
sacred grove or a hidden elven enclave and found yourself
called to protect all such refuges of goodness and beauty.
Or you might have known from your earliest memories that
the paladin's life was your calling, almost as if you had been
sent into the world with that purpose stamped on your soul.
As guardians against the forces of wickedness, paladins
are rarely of any evil alignment. Most of them walk the
paths of charity and justice. Consider how your alignment
colors the way you pursue your holy quest and the manner
in which you conduct yourself before gods and mortals.
Your oath and alignment might be in harmony, or your oath
might represent standards of behavior not yet attained.
The Paladin
Proficiency
— Spell Slots per Spell Level —
Level Bonus Features 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st +2 Divine Sense, Sacred Touch — — — — —
2nd +2 Spellcasting, Divine Font, Fighting Style 2 — — — —
3rd +2 Divine Health, Sacred Oath 3 — — — —
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 3 — — — —
5th +3 Extra Attack, Cleansing Touch 4 2 — — —
6th +3 Aura of Protection 4 2 — — —
7th +3 Sacred Oath feature 4 3 — — —
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 4 3 — — —
9th +4 Cleansing Touch improvement 4 3 2 — —
10th +4 Aura of Courage 4 3 2 — —
11th +4 Divine Strikes 4 3 3 — —
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 4 3 3 — —
13th +5 Cleansing Touch improvement 4 3 3 1 —
14th +5 Aura of Conviction 4 3 3 1 —
15th +5 Sacred Oath feature 4 3 3 2 —
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 4 3 3 2 —
17th +6 Cleansing Touch improvement 4 3 3 3 1
18th +6 Aura improvements 4 3 3 3 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 4 3 3 3 2
20th +6 Sacred Oath feature 4 3 3 3 2

Quick Build Starting Equipment

You can make a paladin quickly by following these
suggestions. First, Strength should be your highest ability
score, or Dexterity if you plan on using finesse weapons.
Your next-highest score should be Charisma. Second,
choose the noble background.
Class Features
As a paladin, you gain the following class features.
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d10
Divine Sense
Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
You start with the following items, plus anything provided
by your background.
(a) a martial weapon and a shield or (b) two martial
weapons
(a) five javelins or (b) any simple melee weapon
(a) a priest's pack or (b) an explorer's pack
Chain mail and a holy symbol
Alternatively, you may start with 5d4 × 10 gp to buy your
own equipment.

Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your The presence of strong evil registers on your senses like a
Constitution modifier per Paladin level after 1st noxious odor, and powerful good rings like heavenly music
in your ears. As an action, you can open your awareness to
Proficiencies detect such forces. Until the end of your next turn, you
Armor: light armor, medium armor, heavy armor, shields
know the location of any celestial, fiend, or undead within
Weapons: simple weapons, martial weapons
60 feet of you that is not behind total cover. You know the
Tools: none type (celestial, fiend, or undead) of any being whose
presence you sense, but not its identity (the vampire Count
Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
Strahd von Zarovich, for instance). Within the same radius,
Skills: Choose two from Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, you also detect the presence of any place or object that has
Medicine, Persuasion, and Religion. been consecrated or desecrated, as with the hallow spell.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to 1 +
your Charisma modifier (a minimum of twice), and you
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 Sacred Touch
Drawing strength from your divine power, you can heal or
harm those you come in contact with. This power of yours
is represented by a pool of d8s, and the number of dice in
your pool equals 1 + half your paladin level (rounded up).
You can spend the dice in your pool to use the Lay on
Hands and Divine Smite abilities listed below. The
maximum number of dice you can spend at once on either
ability equals your proficiency bonus. Your pool regains all
expended dice when you finish a long rest.
Lay on Hands
As an action, you can touch a creature (which can be
yourself) and spend dice from the pool in order to heal its
injuries. Roll the dice you spend, add them together, and
restore a number of hit points to the creature equal to the
total + your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1 hit point).
This ability has no effect on undead and constructs.
Alternatively, when you spend dice from your pool to use
this ability, you can forgo rolling one of those dice to
instead cure the target of one disease or neutralize one
poison affecting it. You can cure multiple diseases and
neutralize multiple poisons at once in this way, forgoing the
roll of one spent die separately for each one.
Divine Smite
When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack or
unarmed strike, you can spend dice from the pool to
further wound the target. Roll the dice you spend as extra
radiant damage to the target, in addition to the weapon's
damage. If the target is a fiend or an undead, it takes an
additional 1d8 damage.
Spellcasting
By 2nd level, you have learned to draw on divine magic
through meditation and prayer to cast spells as a cleric
does. See chapter 10 of the PHB for the general rules of
spellcasting, and "Paladin Spells" at the end of the class
description for the paladin spell list.
Preparing and Casting Spells
The Paladin table shows how many spell slots you have to
cast your paladin spells. To cast one of your paladin spells
of 1st level or higher, you must expend a slot of the spell's
level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when
you finish a long rest.
You prepare the list of paladin spells that are available for
you to cast, choosing from the paladin spell list. When you
do so, choose a number of paladin spells equal to your
Charisma modifier + half your paladin level, rounded down
(minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for
which you have spell slots.
For example, if you are a 5th-level paladin, you have four
1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With a Charisma of
14, your list of prepared spells can include four spells of 1st
or 2nd-level, in any combination. If you prepare the 1st-level
spell cure wounds, you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-
level slot. Casting the spell doesn't remove it from your list
of prepared spells.
You can change your list of prepared spells when you
finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of paladin spells
requires time spent in prayer and meditation: at least 1
minute per spell level for each spell on your list.
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Spellcasting Ability
Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your paladin spells,
since their power derives from the force of your
convictions. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers
to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your
Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a
paladin spell you cast and when making an attack roll with
one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Charisma modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your
Charisma modifier
Spellcasting Focus
You can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus for your
paladin spells.
Divine Font
Beginning at 2nd level, you can fuel your divine abilities
with the magic of your spells. When you use Lay on Hands
or Divine Smite, you can expend a spell slot to restore
expended dice to the pool of your Sacred Touch feature. If
you do so, the number of dice restored equals 1 + the level
of the expended spell slot.
Fighting Style
At 2nd level, you adopt a particular style of fighting as your
specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't
take the same Fighting Style option more than once, even if
you get to choose again.
Blessed Warrior
You learn two cantrips of your choice from the cleric spell
list. They count as paladin spells for you, and Charisma is
your spellcasting ability for them. Whenever you gain a
level in this class, you can replace one of these cantrips
with another cantrip from the cleric spell list.
Blind Fighting
You have blindsight with a range of 10 feet. Within that
range, you can effectively see anything that isn't behind
total cover, even if you're blinded or in darkness. Moreover,
you can see an invisible creature within that range, unless
the creature successfully hides from you.
Defense
While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.
Dueling
When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no
other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with
that weapon.
Great Weapon Fighting
When you roll a 1 or 2 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 must use the new roll,
even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the
two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this
benefit.
Interception
When a creature you can see hits a target, other than you,
within 5 feet of you with an attack, you can use your
reaction to reduce the damage the target takes by 1d10 +
your proficiency bonus (to a minimum of 0 damage). You
must be wielding a shield or a simple or martial weapon to
use this reaction.
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 must be
wielding a shield.
Unarmed Fighting
Your unarmed strikes can deal bludgeoning damage equal
to 1d6 + your Strength modifier on a hit. If you aren't
wielding any weapons or a shield when you make the
attack roll, the d6 becomes a d8.
At the start of each of your turns, you can deal 1d4
bludgeoning damage to one creature grappled by you.
Divine Health
By 3rd level, the divine magic flowing through you makes
you immune to disease.
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. Now you choose from the list of available oaths.
Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at
7th, 15th, and 20th level. Those features include oath spells
and the Channel Divinity feature.
Oath Spells
Each oath has a list of associated spells. You gain access to
these spells at the levels specified in the oath description.
Once you gain access to an oath spell, you always have it
prepared. Oath spells don't count against the number of
spells you can prepare each day.
If you gain an oath spell that doesn't appear on the
paladin spell list, the spell is nonetheless a paladin spell for
you.
Channel Divinity
Your oath allows you to channel divine energy to fuel
magical effects. Each Channel Divinity option provided by
your oath explains how to use it. Regardless of their oath,
all paladins also have access to the Divine Blessing effect
listed below.
When you use your Channel Divinity, you choose which
option to use. You must then finish a short or long rest to
use your Channel Divinity again.
Some Channel Divinity effects require saving throws.
When you use such an effect from this class, the DC equals
your paladin spell save DC.
Channel Divinity: Divine Blessing
You can expend a use of your Channel Divinity to fuel your
spells. As a bonus action, you touch your holy symbol, utter
a prayer, and regain one expended spell slot, the level of
which can be no higher than half your proficiency bonus
(rounded up).
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The number of times you can use this effect is based on
the level you've reached in this class: 3rd level, once; 7th
level, twice; and 15th level, thrice. You regain all expended
uses when you finish a long rest.
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.
If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take
a feat.
Additionally, when you reach a level in this class that
grants you this feature, you can replace one Fighting Style
you know with another Fighting Style available to this
class, as you shift the focus of your martial practice.
Extra Attack
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of
once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Cleansing Touch
Beginning at 5th level, you gain new ways to impart your
divine power unto a creature. As an action on your turn,
including when you use your Lay on Hands, you can touch
a willing creature (which can include yourself) and end one
effect on the creature causing it to be blinded or deafened.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your
Charisma modifier (a minimum of once), and you regain all
expended uses when you finish a long rest.
When you reach certain levels in this class, you gain
additional ways to use this feature. Starting at 9th level, you
can instead end an effect on the target causing it to be
paralyzed or stunned; at 13th level, you can end one spell
on the target; and at 17th level, you can reduce the target's
exhaustion level by one.
Aura of Protection
Starting at 6th level, whenever you or a friendly creature
within 10 feet of you must make a saving throw, the
creature gains a bonus to the saving throw equal to your
Charisma modifier (with a minimum bonus of +1). You
must be conscious to grant this bonus.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Aura of Courage
Starting at 10th level, you and friendly creatures within 10
feet of you can't be frightened while you are conscious. If a
friendly creature is frightened when it enters your aura, the
effect is suspended while it remains within the aura.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Divine Strikes
By 11th level, you are so suffused with righteous might that
all your melee weapon strikes carry divine power with
them. Whenever you hit a creature with a melee weapon
attack or an unarmed strike, the creature takes an extra
1d8 radiant damage.
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 Aura of Conviction
Starting at 14th level, you and friendly creatures within 10
feet of you can't be charmed while you are conscious. If a
friendly creature is charmed when it enters your aura, the
effect is suspended while it remains within the aura.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Sacred Oaths
Becoming a paladin involves undertaking vows and trials
which commit the paladin to the cause of righteousness, an
active path of fighting against the wicked. The final oath
they swear, taken when they reach 3rd level, is the
culmination of the paladin's spiritual training. Some
characters with this class don't consider themselves fully-
fledged paladins until they have reached this milestone and
confirmed their oath. For others, the actual swearing of the
oath is a formality, an official stamp on what has always
been held true in the paladin's heart.
Your choice of oath reflects the code to which you hold
your morals, actions, and motivations, and it serves as a
cornerstone of your life as a sworn member of the paladin
class. The options available for you to choose from are
listed below.
Tenets of the Ancients
The tenets of the Oath of the Ancients have been preserved
for uncounted centuries. This oath emphasizes the
principles of good above any concerns of law or chaos. Its
four central principles are simple.
Kindle the Light. Through your acts of mercy, kindness,
and forgiveness, you kindle the light of hope in the world,
beating back despair.
Shelter the Light. Where there is good, beauty, love, and
laughter in the world, you stand against the wickedness
that would swallow it. Where life flourishes, you stand
against the forces that would render it barren.
Preserve Your Own Light. Delight in song and laughter,
in beauty and art. If you allow the light to die in your own
heart, you can't preserve it in the world.
Be the Light. Be a glorious beacon for all who live in
despair. Let the light of your joy and courage shine forth in
all your deeds.
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath
of the Ancients Spells table.
Oath of the Ancients Spells
Paladin

The Oath of the Ancients, knights of fey inclination Level Spells

who fight to protect the life-giving things of the world. 3rd ensnaring strike, speak with animals
The Oath of Conquest, which espouses the total and
utter subjugation of one's enemies to achieve order. 5th moonbeam, misty step
The Oath of the Crown, a dedication to uphold the 9th plant growth, summon feyTCE
laws of civilization and guard against chaotic barbarism.
The Oath of Darkness, sworn by ambitious and evil 13th guardian of natureXGE, stoneskin
hearts who seek to marshal the powers of darkness. 17th commune with nature, tree stride
The Oath of Devotion, a holy path whose initiates hold
themselves to the highest standards of truth and justice.
The Oath of Glory, a call to ceaseless personal training
and improvement to fulfil one's glorious destiny.
The Oath of Redemption, a path of benevolence and
pacifism which uses violence only as a last resort.
The Oath of the Tides, which uses the power of the sea
to safeguard against threats.
The Oath of Vengeance, which seeks to set right the
wrongs of the world and punish the sinful for their
crimes.
The Oath of the Watchers, whose disciples maintain
unceasing vigilance against extraplanar predators.
Oath of the Ancients
The Oath of the Ancients is as old as the race of elves and
the rituals of the druids. Sometimes called fey knights,
green knights, or horned knights, paladins who swear this
oath cast their lot with the side of the light in the cosmic
struggle against darkness because they love the beautiful
and life-giving things of the world, not necessarily because
they believe in principles of honor, courage, and justice.
Many paladins who follow the ancients' path are fierce
guardians of nature, savagely repelling evil incursions that
take root in the wilderness, while others stand for more
civilized means of truth and beauty. They adorn their armor
and clothing with images of growing things — leaves,
antlers, or flowers — to reflect their commitment to
preserving life and light in the world.

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Channel Divinity: Nature's Wrath
You can use your Channel Divinity to invoke primeval
forces to ensnare a foe. As an action, you can cause
spectral vines to spring up and reach for a creature within
10 feet of you that you can see. The creature must succeed
on a Strength saving throw or be restrained for 1 minute. A
creature restrained by the vines can use its action to make
a Strength check against your spell save DC, freeing itself
on a success.
Channel Divinity: Turn the Faithless
You can use your Channel Divinity to utter ancient words
that are painful for fey and fiends to hear. As an action, you
present your holy symbol, and each fey or fiend within 30
feet of you that can hear you must make a Wisdom saving
throw. On a failed save, the creature is turned for 1 minute
or until it takes damage.
A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as
far away from you as it can, and it can't willingly move to a
space within 30 feet of you. It also can't take reactions. For
its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape
from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there's
nowhere to move, the creature can use the Dodge action.
If the creature's true form is concealed by an illusion,
shapeshifting, or other effect, that form is revealed while it
is turned.
Aura of Warding
Beginning at 7th level, ancient magic lies so heavily upon
you that it forms an eldritch ward. You and friendly
creatures within 10 feet of you have resistance to damage
from spells.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Undying Sentinel
Starting at 15th level, when you are reduced to 0 hit points
and are not killed outright, you can choose to drop to 1 hit
point instead. Once you use this ability, you can't use it
again until you finish a long rest.
Additionally, you suffer none of the drawbacks of old age,
and you can't be aged magically.
Elder Champion
At 20th level, you can assume the form of an ancient force
of nature, taking on an appearance you choose. For
example, your skin might turn green or take on a bark-like
texture, your hair might become leafy or moss-like, or you
might sprout antlers or a lion-like mane.
Using your action, you undergo a transformation. For 1
minute, you gain the following benefits:
At the start of each of your turns, you regain 10 hit
points.
Whenever you cast a paladin spell that has a casting
time of 1 action, you can cast it using your bonus action
instead.
Enemy creatures within 10 feet of you have
disadvantage on saving throws against your paladin
spells and Channel Divinity options.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you
finish a long rest.
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Oath of Conquest
The Oath of Conquest calls to paladins who seek glory in
battle and the subjugation of their enemies. It isn't enough
for these paladins to establish order. They must crush the
forces of chaos. Sometimes called knight tyrants or iron
mongers, those who swear this oath gather into grim
orders that serve gods or philosophies of war and well-
ordered might.
Some of these paladins go so far as to consort with the
powers of the Nine Hells, valuing the rule of law over the
balm of mercy. The archdevil Bel, warlord of Avernus,
counts many of these paladins — called hell knights — as
his most ardent supporters. Hell knights cover their armor
with trophies taken from fallen enemies, a grim warning to
any who dare oppose them and the decrees of their lords.
These knights are often most fiercely resisted by other
paladins of this oath, who believe that the hell knights have
wandered too far into darkness.
Tenets of Conquest
A paladin who takes this oath has the tenets of conquest
seared in their mind. Some choose to brand themselves
with these tenets on the upper arm, as a physical display of
their conviction.
Douse the Flame of Hope. It is not enough to merely
defeat an enemy in battle. Your victory must be so
overwhelming that your enemies' will to fight is shattered
forever. A blade can end a life. Fear can end an empire.
Rule with an Iron Fist. Once you have conquered,
tolerate no dissent. Your word is law. Those who obey it
shall be favored. Those who defy it shall be punished as an
example to all who might follow.
Strength Above All. You shall rule until a stronger one
arises. Then you must grow mightier and meet the
challenge, or fall to your own ruin.
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath
of Conquest Spells table.
Oath of Conquest Spells
Paladin
Level Spells
3rd armor of Agathys, command
5th hold person, spiritual weapon
9th bestow curse, fear
13th dominate beast, stoneskin
17th cloudkill, dominate person
Channel Divinity: Conquering
Presence
You can use your Channel Divinity to exude a terrifying
presence. As an action, you force each creature of your
choice that you can see within 30 feet of you to make a
Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a creature becomes
frightened of you for 1 minute. The frightened creature can
repeat this saving throw at the end of each of its turns,
ending the effect on itself on a success.
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Channel Divinity: Guided Strike
You can use your Channel Divinity to strike with
supernatural accuracy. When you make an attack roll, you
can use your Channel Divinity to gain a +10 bonus to the
roll. You make this choice after you see the roll, but before
the DM says whether the attack hits or misses.
Aura of Conquest
Starting at 7th level, you constantly emanate a menacing
aura while you're not incapacitated. The aura extends 10
feet from you in every direction, but not through total cover.
If a creature is frightened of you, its speed is reduced to
0 while in the aura, and that creature takes psychic damage
equal to half your paladin level if it starts its turn there.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Scornful Rebuke
Starting at 15th level, those who dare to strike you are
psychically punished for their audacity. Whenever a
creature hits you with an attack, that creature takes psychic
damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) if
you're not incapacitated.
Invincible Conqueror
At 20th level, you gain the ability to harness extraordinary
martial prowess. As an action, you can magically become
an avatar of conquest, gaining the following benefits for 1
minute:
You have resistance to all damage.
When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can
make one additional attack as part of that action.
Your melee weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll
of 19 or 20 on the d20.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you
finish a long rest, unless you expend a 5th-level spell slot to
use it again.
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Oath of the Crown
The Oath of the Crown is sworn to the ideals of civilization,
be it the spirit of a nation, fealty to a sovereign, or service to
a deity of law and rulership. The paladins who swear this
oath dedicate themselves to serving society and, in
particular, the laws that hold society together. These
paladins are the watchful guardians on the walls, standing
against the chaotic tides of barbarism that threaten to tear
down all that civilization has built, and are commonly
known as guardians, exemplars, or sentinels. Often,
paladins who swear this oath are members of an order of
knighthood in service to a nation or sovereign, and undergo
their oath as part of their admission to the order's ranks.
Tenets of the Crown
The tenets of the Oath of the Crown are often set by the
sovereign to which their oath is sworn, but generally
emphasize the following tenets.
Uphold the Law. The law is paramount. It is the mortar
that holds the stones of civilization together, and it must be
respected.
Treasure Loyalty. Your word is your bond. Without
loyalty, oaths and laws are meaningless.
Inspire Courage. You must be willing to do what needs
to be done for the sake of order, even in the face of
overwhelming odds. If you don't act, then who will?
Embrace Responsibility. You must deal with the
consequences of your actions, and you are responsible for
fulfilling your duties and obligations.
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath
of the Crown Spells table.

Oath of the Crown Spells
Paladin
an oathbreaker, most commonly does so in order to pursue
Level Spells
3rd command, compelled duel
5th warding bond, zone of truth
9th aura of vitality, spirit guardians
13th banishment, guardian of faith
17th circle of power, geas
Channel Divinity: Champion Challenge
As a bonus action, you issue a challenge that compels other
creatures to do battle with you. Each creature of your
choice that you can see within 30 feet of you must make a
Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can't
willingly move more than 30 feet away from you. This effect
ends on the creature if you are incapacitated or die or if the
creature is more than 30 feet away from you at the end of
your turn.
Channel Divinity: Turn the Tide
As a bonus action, you can bolster injured creatures with
your Channel Divinity. Each creature of your choice that
can hear you within 30 feet of you regains hit points equal
to 2d6 + half your paladin level, provided the creature has
fewer than half its hit points left.
Aura of Allegiance
Starting at 7th level, you can shield others from harm at the
cost of your own health. When a creature within 10 feet of
you takes damage, you can use your reaction to magically
halve the damage against that target. You then take the
same amount of damage, which can't be reduced or
prevented in any way.
Starting at 18th level, the range of this aura increases to
30 feet.
Unyielding Spirit
Starting at 15th level, you have advantage on saving throws
to avoid becoming paralyzed or stunned.
Exalted Champion
At 20th level, your presence on the field of battle is an
inspiration to those dedicated to your cause. You can use
your action to gain the following benefits for 1 hour:
You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and
slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.
Your allies have advantage on death saving throws while
within 30 feet of you.
You have advantage on Wisdom saving throws, as do
your allies within 30 feet of you.
This effect ends early if you are incapacitated or die.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you
finish a long rest, unless you expend a 5th-level spell slot to
use it again.
Oath of Darkness
The Oath of Darkness is an evil path that professes the
eternal allure of vice and corruption, the limitless drive of
selfish ambition, and a commitment to spread death and
destruction wherever one treads. Whatever light may burn
in other paladins' hearts, only darkness burns within those
who take up the Oath of Darkness.
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A paladin who breaks his or her sacred oaths, known as
this dark path, seeking power to satisfy their cruel
ambitions. Paladins of this oath are almost exclusively evil.
Tenets of Darkness
The tenets of the Oath of Darkness are ubiquitous,
unchanging, and absolute.
Extinguish the Light. The light is my enemy, hindering
my strength and eroding my path. I must allow no light to
shine before me, so that I may triumph.
No Mercy for the Weak. Power is the measure of will
and worth, and power alone is worthy of respect. Those
who lack the power to stop me will be subjugated or
purged.
Take Comfort in Vice. I accept and embrace the
ambitions that drive my dark heart, no matter how much
the innocent may revile me for my conviction.
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath
of Darkness Spells table.
Oath of Darkness Spells
Paladin
Level Spells
3rd cause fearXGE, hellish rebuke
5th crown of madness, darkness
9th animate dead, bestow curse
13th blight, confusion
17th dominate person, negative energy floodXGE
Channel Divinity: Control Undead
As an action, you focus your dark power upon one undead
creature you can see within 30 feet of you. The target must
make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target
must obey your commands for the next 24 hours, until you
are incapacitated, or until you use this Channel Divinity
option again. An undead is immune to this effect if its
challenge rating is equal to or greater than half your
paladin level (rounded down).
Channel Divinity: Dreadful Aspect
As an action, you channel grim emotions and focus them
into a burst of magical menace. Each creature of your
choice within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving
throw if it can see or hear you. On a failed save, a target is
frightened of you for 1 minute. If a creature frightened of
you in this way ends its turn more than 30 feet away from
you, it can repeat the Wisdom saving throw, ending the
effect on itself on a success.
Profane Touch
At 3rd level, the power of darkness fundamentally alters the
nature of your Sacred Touch in the following ways:
Your Lay on Hands ability can affect undead.
When you deal extra damage with your Divine Smite, it
deals necrotic damage instead of radiant damage.
You deal the additional damage of your Divine Smite to
celestials and fey, instead of fiends and undead.
Additionally, when you reach 11th level in this class, the
extra damage of your Divine Strikes feature also changes to
necrotic damage.
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 Aura of Hate
Starting at 7th level, you, and any fiends and undead of your
choice within 10 feet of you, gain a bonus to melee weapon
damage rolls equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of
+1). A creature can benefit from this feature from only one
paladin at a time.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Supernatural Resistance
At 15th level, you gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing,
and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.
Dread Lord
At 20th level, you can, as an action, surround yourself with
an aura of gloom and shadow which extends from you in a
30-foot radius and lasts for 1 minute. The aura magically
reduces dim light within its area into darkness, and bright
light in the same area to dim light. While the aura lasts, you
gain the following benefits:
You can see normally in the dim light and darkness
created by the aura.
Whenever an enemy that is frightened of you starts its
turn in the aura, it takes 20 psychic damage.
As a bonus action, you can cause shadows to lash out at
a creature you can see within the aura. Make a melee
spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes
necrotic damage equal to 3d8 + your Charisma modifier.
Once you create this aura, you can't do so again until you
finish a long rest.
Oath of Devotion
The Oath of Devotion binds a paladin to the loftiest ideals
of justice, virtue, and order. Sometimes called cavaliers,
white knights, or holy warriors, these paladins meet the
ideal of the knight in shining armor, acting with honor in
pursuit of justice and the greater good. They hold
themselves to the highest standards of conduct, and some,
for better or worse, hold the rest of the world to the same
standards. Many who swear this oath are devoted to gods
of law and good and use their gods' tenets as the measure
of their devotion. They hold angels — the perfect servants
of good — as their ideals, and incorporate images of angelic
wings into their helmets or coats of arms.
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Tenets of Devotion
Though the exact words and strictures of the Oath of
Devotion vary, paladins of this oath share these tenets.
Show the Virtue of Honesty. Don't lie or cheat. Let your
word be your promise. Never feat to act on truth, but
temper it with wisdom.
Instill Compassion. Aid others, protect the weak, and
reject those who threaten them. Do what is good while
causing the least amount of harm. Show mercy to your
foes, but punish those who spurn it.
Honor your Duties. Be fair unto others and let your
deeds be your example to them. Show responsibility for
your actions and their consequences, and obey the words
of a just authority.
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath
of Devotion Spells table.
Oath of Devotion Spells
Paladin
Level Spells
3rd protection from evil and good, sanctuary
5th lesser restoration, zone of truth
9th beacon of hope, dispel magic
13th freedom of movement, guardian of faith
17th commune, flame strike
Channel Divinity: Sacred Weapon
As a bonus action, you can use your Channel Divinity to
imbue one weapon that you are holding with positive
energy. For 1 minute, you add your Charisma modifier to
attack rolls made with that weapon (a minimum bonus of
+1). The weapon also emits bright light in a 20-foot radius
and dim light 20 feet beyond that. If the weapon is not
already magical, it becomes magical for the duration.
You can end this effect on your turn as part of any other
action. If you are no longer holding or carrying this
weapon, or if you fall unconscious, this effect ends.
Channel Divinity: Turn the Unholy
As an action, you present your holy symbol and speak a
prayer censuring fiends and undead, using your Channel
Divinity. Each fiend or undead that can see or hear you
within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If
the creature fails its saving throw, it is turned for 1 minute
or until it takes damage.
A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as
far away from you as it can, and it can't willingly move to a
space within 30 feet of you. It also can't take reactions. For
its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape
from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there's
nowhere to move, the creature can use the Dodge action.
Aura of Devotion
Starting at 7th level, you emanate an aura of divine
benediction. When you use your Lay on Hands to restore
hit points to a creature, every other creature of your choice
within 10 feet of you also regains hit points equal to 1d8 +
your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1 hit point). A
creature must be conscious to gain this benefit.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Purity of Spirit
Beginning at 15th level, you are always under the effects of
the protection from evil and good spell.
Holy Nimbus
At 20th level, as an action, you can emanate an aura of
sunlight. For 1 minute, bright light shines from you in a 30-
foot radius, and dim light shines 30 feet beyond that. While
the aura lasts, you gain the following benefits:
You have resistance to radiant and necrotic damage.
You have advantage on saving throws against the spells
and magical effects of fiends and undead.
Whenever an enemy creature starts its turn in the bright
light, the creature takes 10 radiant damage.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you
finish a long rest, unless you expend a 5th-level spell slot to
use it again.
Oath of Glory
Paladins who take the Oath of Glory believe they and their
companions are destined to achieve glory through deeds of
heroism, walking a path laid out for them by divine hands.
They train diligently and encourage their companions so
that when destiny calls, they are ready to answer and
overcome the challenges ahead.
Tenets of Glory
The tenets of the Oath of Glory drive a paladin to attempt
heroics that might one day shine in legend.
Actions over Words. Strive to be known by glorious
deeds, not words.
Challenges Are but Tests. Face hardships with courage,
and encourage your allies to face them with you.
Hone the Body. Like raw stone, your body must be
worked so its potential can be realized.
Discipline the Soul. You must marshal the discipline to
overcome failings within yourself that threaten to dim the
glory of you and your friends.
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath
of Glory Spells table.
Oath of Glory Spells
Paladin
automatically succeed instead.
Level Spells
3rd guiding bolt, heroism
5th enhance ability, magic weapon
9th haste, protection from energy
13th compulsion, freedom of movement
17th flame strike, skill empowerment XGE
Channel Divinity: Peerless Athlete
As a bonus action, you can use your Channel Divinity to
augment your athleticism. For the next 10 minutes, you
have advantage on Strength (Athletics) and Dexterity
(Acrobatics) checks; you can carry, push, drag, and lift twice
as much weight as normal; and the distance of your long
and high jumps increases by 10 feet (this extra distance
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Channel Divinity: Inspiring Smite
Immediately after you deal damage to a creature with your
Divine Smite ability, you can use your Channel Divinity as a
bonus action and distribute temporary hit points to
creatures of your choice within 30 feet of you, which can
include you. The total number of temporary hit points
equals 2d8 + your paladin level, divided among the chosen
creatures however you like.
Aura of Alacrity
Starting at 7th level, you emanate an aura that fills you and
your companions with supernatural speed, allowing you to
race across a battlefield in formation. Your walking speed
increases by 10 feet.
In addition, while you are conscious, the walking speed
of any friendly creature that starts its turn within 10 feet of
you increases by 10 feet until the end of that turn.
When you reach 18th level in this class, the range of the
aura increases to 30 feet.
Glorious Defense
At 15th level, you learn how to turn defense into a sudden
strike. When you or another creature you can see within 10
feet of you is hit by an attack roll, you can use your reaction
to grant a bonus to the target's AC against that attack,
potentially causing it to miss. The bonus equals your
Charisma modifier (minimum of +1). If the attack misses,
you can make one weapon attack against the attacker as
part of this reaction, provided the attacker is within your
weapon's range.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your
proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when
you finish a long rest.
Living Legend
At 20th level, you can empower yourself with the legends —
whether true or exaggerated — of your great deeds. As a
bonus action, you gain the following benefits for 1 minute:
Whenever you spend dice from the pool of your Sacred
Touch feature, you regain hit points equal to 2d8 + your
Charisma modifier (minimum of 1 hit point).
You are blessed with an otherworldly presence, gaining
advantage on all Charisma checks.
If you miss with a weapon attack or fail a saving throw,
you can use your reaction to cause the roll to
Once you use this bonus action, you can't use it again
until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a 5th-level
spell slot to use it again.
Oath of Redemption
The Oath of Redemption sets a paladin on a difficult path,
one that requires a holy warrior to use violence only as a
last resort. Paladins who dedicate themselves to this oath
believe that any person can be redeemed and that the path
of benevolence and justice is one that anyone can walk.
These paladins face evil creatures in the hope of turning
their foes to the light, and they slay their enemies only
when such a deed will clearly save other lives. Paladins
who follow this path are known as redeemers.
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While redeemers are idealists, they are no fools.
Redeemers know that undead, demons, devils, and other
supernatural threats can be inherently evil. Against such
foes, paladins who swear this oath bring the full wrath of
their weapons and spells to bear. Yet the redeemers still
pray that, one day, even creatures of wickedness will invite
their own redemption.
Tenets of Redemption
The tenets of the Oath of Redemption hold a paladin to a
high standard of peace and justice.
Promote Peace. Violence is a weapon of last resort.
Diplomacy and understanding are the paths to long-lasting
peace.
Believe in Innocence. All people begin life in an
innocent state, and it is their environment or the influence
of dark forces that drives them to evil. By setting the proper
example, and working to heal the wounds of a deeply
flawed world, you can set anyone on a righteous path.
Embody Patience. Change takes time. Those who have
walked the path of the wicked must be given reminders to
keep them honest and true. Once you have planted the seed
of righteousness in a creature, you must work day after day
to allow that seed to survive and flourish.
Accept the Greater Good. Your heart and mind must
stay clear, for eventually you will be forced to admit defeat.
While every creature can be redeemed, some are so far
along the path of evil that you have no choice but to end
their lives for the greater good. Any such action must be
carefully weighed and the consequences fully understood,
but once you have made the decision, follow through with it
knowing your path is just.
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Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath
of Redemption Spells table.
Oath of Redemption Spells
Paladin
Level Spells
3rd sanctuary, sleep
5th calm emotions, hold person
9th counterspell, hypnotic pattern
13th Otiluke's resilient sphere, stoneskin
17th hold monster, wall of force
Channel Divinity: Emissary of Peace
You can use your Channel Divinity to augment your
presence with divine power. As a bonus action, you grant
yourself a +5 bonus to Charisma (Persuasion) checks for
the next 10 minutes.
Channel Divinity: Rebuke the Violent
You can use your Channel Divinity to rebuke those who use
violence. Immediately after an attacker within 30 feet of
you deals damage with an attack against a creature other
than you, you can use your reaction to force the attacker to
make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the attacker
takes radiant damage equal to the damage it just dealt. On
a successful save, it takes half as much damage.
Aura of the Guardian
Starting at 7th level, you can shield others from harm at the
cost of your own health. When a creature within 10 feet of
you takes damage, you can use your reaction to magically
take that damage, instead of that creature taking it. This
feature doesn't transfer any other effects that might
accompany the damage, and this damage can't be reduced
or prevented in any way.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Protective Spirit
Starting at 15th level, a holy presence mends your wounds
in battle. You regain hit points equal to 1d6 + half your
paladin level if you end your turn in combat with fewer than
half of your hit points left and you aren't incapacitated.
Emissary of Redemption
At 20th level, you become an avatar of peace, which gives
you two benefits:
You have resistance to all damage dealt by other
creatures (their attacks, spells, and other effects).
Whenever a creature hits you with an attack, it takes
radiant damage equal to half the damage you take from
the attack.
If you attack a creature, cast a spell on it, or deal damage
to it by any means other than this feature, neither benefit
works against that creature until you finish a long rest.
Oath of the Tides
The Oath of the Tides calls to seafaring warriors, and to
journeymen who seek to serve upon the endless waves.
Also known as blue knights or storm knights, paladins who
swear this oath strike out upon the seas, braving storms
and lurking dangers in search of a greatness that lies
beyond the horizon. Many a joyful tale is spoken of such a
warrior who brought forth the power of a tempest to
shelter sailors from predatory corsairs, or who struck down
a terrifying monster that attacked from beneath the waves.
These paladins bear oceanic motifs on their armor and
clothing — glittering shells and coral, garlands of seaweed,
or nautical carvings of wind and water — and are called
upon to protect coastal settlements and maritime travelers
from storms and deep-sea threats.
Tenets of the Tides
The tenets of the Oath of the Tides espouse a life enjoyed
upon the waves, devoted to the natural beauty of the sea
and ever cognizant of the awesome, hidden powers of
nature.
Adapt Like the Seas. Water can flow around any
obstacle or become an impassable wall itself. Wind can lift
a bird's wings or grind a rocky shore to sand. I accept and
embrace that I, too, must be fluid like the elements so that I
am ready for any challenge.
Explore the Uncharted. The world is filled with
mysteries. Uncovering such mysteries is a noble pursuit,
whether beyond a stormy sky or within a turbulent heart,
for discovery is the surest path to greatness.
Live a Life of Freedom. I aim to live according to my
own path, just as a ship charts its own course through the
waters. Those who would exert their power to deny this
freedom to others will be defeated.
Trust the Skies. The whisper of a breeze can grow into
the rumblings of a great storm, and those keen to its
change are best served when the lightning falls. Nature is a
constant source of guidance, and I heed its counsel.
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed on the Oath
of the Tides Spells table.
Oath of the Tides Spells
Paladin
a weapon attack, you can knock that creature prone if it
Level Spells
3rd create or destroy water, expeditious retreat
5th gust of wind, misty step
9th call lightning, tidal waveXGE
13th control water, freedom of movement
17th control windsXGE, maelstromXGE
Channel Divinity: Seasmoke Shroud
As an action, you can use your Channel Divinity to conjure
a thick cloud of magical fog that surrounds you and
spreads to a radius of 20 feet. The cloud moves with you
and is centered on you, it spreads around corners, and it
heavily obscures its area. You and any creature within 5
feet of you can see through the fog, instead perceiving it as
a faint mist.
The cloud lasts for 1 minute or until you dismiss it (no
action required). A moderate wind (at least 10 miles an
hour) disperses the cloud after 4 rounds, and a strong wind
(at least 20 miles an hour) disperses it after 1 round.
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Channel Divinity: Riptide Weapon
As a bonus action, you can use your Channel Divinity to
imbue one weapon that you are holding with the might of a
breaking wave. For 1 minute, each time on your turn that
you hit a creature with an attack roll made with that
weapon, you can push the creature up to 10 feet in any
direction horizontally. If the weapon is not already magical,
it becomes magical for the duration, and if it has the
thrown property, it returns to your hand immediately after
it is used to make a ranged attack.
You can end this effect on your turn as part of any other
action. If you are not holding or carrying this weapon at the
end of your turn, or if you fall unconscious, this effect ends.
Aura of Liberation
Starting at 7th level, you emanate an aura that evokes the
freedom of the open sea. While you are conscious, you have
a swimming speed equal to your walking speed, and you
and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you can't be
grappled or restrained. Creatures that are already grappled
or restrained when they enter your aura can spend 5 feet of
movement to automatically escape nonmagical restraints.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Tidal Lock
At 15th level, you learn to strike like the ebb and flow of the
tides to impede the movement of nearby enemies. When a
creature you can see moves at least 1 foot while within
range of a melee weapon you're wielding, you can use your
reaction to make an attack against the creature with that
weapon. If the attack hits, the target can't willingly move
away from you for the rest of the turn.
Storm Warden
At 20th level, you can, as an action, summon the power of a
raging tempest, which appears above you in the form of
black thunderclouds and spreads to a radius of 30 feet. The
storm moves with you and is centered above you, and it
lasts for 1 minute, during which time lightning flashes in
the area, thunder booms, and strong winds roar. Ranged
weapon attacks beneath the storm's area are impossible,
and while the storm lasts, you gain the following benefits:
You have a flying speed of 60 feet, and you can hover.
Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with
is Large or smaller.
As a bonus action, you can call a bolt of lightning from
the cloud to strike at a point you choose beneath the
cloud, and each creature within 5 feet of that point must
make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save
DC. A creature takes 3d8 lightning damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Once you summon this storm, you can't do so again until
you finish a long rest.
Oath of Vengeance
The Oath of Vengeance is a solemn commitment to punish
those who have committed a grievous sin. When evil forces
slaughter helpless villagers, when an entire people turns
against the will of the gods, when a thieves' guild grows too
violent and powerful, when a dragon rampages through the
countryside - at times like these, paladins arise and swear
an Oath of Vengeance to set right that which has gone
wrong. To these paladins — sometimes called avengers or
dark knights — their own purity is not as important as
delivering justice.
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 Tenets of Vengeance
The tenets of the Oath of Vengeance vary by paladin, but all
the tenets revolve around punishing wrongdoers by any
means necessary. Paladins who uphold these tenets are
willing to sacrifice even their own righteousness to mete
out justice upon those who do evil, so the paladins are often
neutral or lawful neutral in alignment. The core principles
of the tenets are brutally simple.
Fight the Greater Evil. Faced with a choice of fighting
my sworn foes or combating a lesser evil, I choose the
greater evil.
No Mercy for the Wicked. Ordinary foes might win my
mercy, but my sworn enemies do not.
By Any Means Necessary. My qualms can't get in the
way of exterminating my foes.
Restitution. If my foes wreak ruin on the world, it is
because I failed to stop them. I must help those harmed by
their misdeeds.
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath
of Vengeance Spells table.
Oath of Vengeance Spells
Paladin
finish a long rest, unless you expend a 5th-level spell slot to
Level Spells
3rd bane, hunter's mark
5th hold person, misty step
9th haste, protection from energy
13th banishment, dimension door
17th hold monster, scrying
Channel Divinity: Abjure Enemy
As an action, you present your holy symbol and speak a
prayer of denunciation, using your Channel Divinity.
Choose one creature within 60 feet of you that you can see.
That creature must make a Wisdom saving throw, unless it
is immune to being frightened. Fiends and undead have
disadvantage on this saving throw.
On a failed save, the creature is frightened of you for 1
minute or until it takes any damage. While frightened of
you, the creature's speed is 0, and it can't benefit from any
bonus to its speed.
On a successful save, the creature's speed is halved for 1
minute or until the creature takes any damage.
Channel Divinity: Vow of Enmity
As a bonus action, you can utter a vow of enmity against a
creature you can see within 10 feet of you, using your
Channel Divinity. You gain advantage on attack rolls against
the creature for 1 minute or until it drops to 0 hit points or
falls unconscious.
Relentless Avenger
By 7th level, your supernatural focus helps you close off a
foe's retreat. When you hit a creature with an opportunity
attack, you can move up to half your speed immediately
after the attack and as part of the same reaction. This
movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks.
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Soul of Vengeance
Starting at 15th level, the authority with which you speak
your Vow of Enmity gives you greater power over your foe.
When a creature under the effect of your Vow of Enmity
makes an attack, you can use your reaction to make a
melee weapon attack against that creature if it is within
range.
Avenging Angel
At 20th level, you can assume the form of an angelic
avenger. Using your action, you undergo a transformation.
For 1 hour, you gain the following benefits:
Wings sprout from your back and grant you a flying
speed of 60 feet.
You emanate an aura of menace in a 30-foot radius. The
first time during combat that any enemy creature enters
the aura or starts its turn there, that creature must
succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become
frightened of you for 1 minute or until it takes any
damage.
You have advantage on attack rolls against creatures
frightened of you.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you
use it again.
Oath of the Watchers
The Oath of the Watchers binds paladins to protect mortal
realms from the predations of extraplanar creatures, many
of which can lay waste to mortal soldiers. Thus, the
Watchers hone their minds, spirits, and bodies to be the
ultimate weapons against such threats.
Paladins who follow the Watchers' oath are ever vigilant
in spotting the influence of extraplanar forces, often
establishing a network of spies and informants to gather
information on suspected cults. To a Watcher, keeping a
healthy suspicion and awareness about one's surroundings
is as natural as wearing armor in battle.
Tenets of the Watchers
A paladin who assumes the Oath of the Watchers swears to
safeguard mortal realms from otherworldly threats.
Vigilance. The threats I face are cunning, powerful, and
subversive. I am ever alert for their corruption.
Loyalty. I must never accept gifts or favors from fiends or
those who truck with them. I will stay true to mu order, my
comrades, and my duty.
Discipline. I am the shield against the endless terrors
that lie beyond the stars. My blade must be forever sharp
and my mind keen to survive what lies beyond.
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath
of the Watchers table.
Oath of the Watchers Spells
Paladin
Level Spells
3rd alarm, detect magic
5th moonbeam, see invisibility
9th counterspell, nondetection
13th aura of purity, banishment
17th hold monster, scrying
Channel Divinity: Watcher's Will List of Spells 3rd Level
You can use your Channel Divinity to invest your presence Aura of Vitality
with the warding power of your faith. As an action, you can 1st Level Blinding Smite
choose a number of other creatures you can see within 30 Bless Create Food and Water
feet of you, up to a number equal to your Charisma Crusader's Mantle
modifier (minimum of one creature). For 1 minute, you and Ceremony *
Daylight
the chosen creatures have advantage on Intelligence, Command
Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws. Compelled Duel Dispel Magic
Cure Wounds Elemental Weapon
Channel Divinity: Planar Interdiction Detect Evil and Good Magic Circle
You can use your Channel Divinity to castigate unworldly Detect Magic Remove Curse
beings. As an action, you present your holy symbol and Detect Poison and Disease Revivify
each aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, or fiend within 30 Divine Favor Spirit Shroud **
feet of you that can hear you must make a Wisdom saving
throw. On a failed save, the creature is turned for 1 minute Guiding Bolt
4th Level
or until it takes damage. Heroism
Aura of Life
A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as Protection from Evil and
far away from you as it can, and it can't willingly end its Good Aura of Purity
move in a space within 30 feet of you. For its action, it can Purify Food and Drink Banishment
use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect Searing Smite Death Ward
that prevents it from moving. If there's nowhere to move, Shield of Faith Find Greater Steed *
the creature can take the Dodge action. Thunderous Smite Locate Creature
Wrathful Smite Staggering Smite
Aura of the Sentinel
Starting at 7th level, you emit an aura of alertness while 2nd Level 5th Level
you aren't incapacitated. When you and any creatures of Banishing Smite
your choice within 10 feet of you roll initiative, you all gain Aid
a bonus to initiative equal to your proficiency bonus. Branding Smite
Circle of Power
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet. Continual Flame
Destructive Wave
Dispel Evil and Good
Find Steed
Vigilant Rebuke Gentle Repose
Flame Strike
By 15th level, you've learned how to chastise anyone who Lesser Restoration
Geas
dares wield beguilements against you and your wards. Hallow
Whenever you or an ally you can see within 30 feet of you Locate Object
Holy Weapon *
succeeds on an Intelligence, a Wisdom, or a Charisma Magic Weapon
Mass Cure Wounds
saving throw, you can use your reaction to deal 2d8 + your Prayer of Healing
Charisma modifier force damage to the creature that Protection from Poison
Raise Dead
forced the saving throw. Warding Bond
Summon Celestial **
Zone of Truth
Mortal Bulwark
At 20th level, you manifest a spark of divine power in
defense of the mortal realms. As a bonus action, you gain
the following benefits for 1 minute:
You gain truesight with a range of 120 feet.
You have advantage on attack rolls against aberrations,
celestials, elementals, fey, and fiends.
When you hit a creature with an attack roll and deal
damage to it, you can also force it to make a Charisma
saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed
save, the creature is magically banished to its native
plane of existence if it's currently not there. On a
successful save, the creature can't be banished by this
feature for 24 hours.
Once you use this bonus action, you can't use it again
until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a 5th-level
spell slot to use it again.
Paladin Spells
The list of paladin spells below is presented in alphabetical
order, sorted by spell level. Spells which were not originally
included in the paladin spell list are written in bolded
italics.
Each spell is in the Player's Handbook, unless it has one
asterisk (a spell in Xanathar's Guide to Everything) or two
asterisks (a spell in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything).

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Class Changes
Unlike other martially-inclined classes, the paladin's access
to Spellcasting gives it a great amount of flexibility in its
party role, and the class's other iconic features provide a
strong foundation that leaves little need for an overhaul
with regards to rebalancing. Therefore, the most
substantive changes made to the class's feature
progression in this handbook were made with the intention
of bringing some of the paladin's abilities more in line with
other features of a similar nature, in order to avoid
confusion on gamerule interactions while still preserving
the function of the class's definitive playstyle.
Divine Sense. This feature has a minimum of two uses.
Sacred Touch. This feature combines the Lay on Hands
(1st-level) and Divine Smite (2nd-level) abilities and
consolidates them into a single feature with a shared pool
of resources, which is now represented by d8s instead of a
discrete number of points (as was previously the case for
Lay on Hands). This provides the paladin with the ability to
use Divine Smite without expending spell slots, but at the
cost of depleting their ability to use Lay on Hands, which
now can't be used in 1-point increments. In exchange, Lay
on Hands provides additional healing when used, and
Divine Smite now works with unarmed strikes.
Divine Font. This is a new feature, which is intended to
replace the spell slot expenditure effect of Divine Smite by
providing a means to gain additional uses of Sacred Touch
at the cost of spell slots. Overall, this feature and Sacred
Touch are designed to allow the paladin to retain most, if
not all, of its damage scaling potential, while giving a
degree of flexibility to the balance of their healing and
damage-dealing abilities.
Fighting Style. The paladin now gains access to the
Unarmed Fighting style option.
Sacred Oath. The Harness Divine Power Channel
Divinity option has been renamed to Divine Blessing, and
the Oathbreaker subclass to Oath of Darkness.
Cleansing Touch. The paladin gains this feature at 5th
level, instead of 14th level. The feature now provides
incremental benefits for the paladin as they gain class
levels; the feature's original benefit is now gained at 13th
level to accommodate Aura of Conviction (see below).
Divine Strikes. Renamed from Improved Divine Smite,
the paladin now also gains the benefit of this feature when
using unarmed strikes.
Aura of Conviction. The paladin gains this feature,
formerly the 7th-level Oath of Devotion feature known as
Aura of Devotion (see below), at 14th level, regardless of
the oath they choose.
Oath of the Ancients
The changes to the Oath of the Ancients are listed below.
Oath Spells. At 9th level, the paladin gains access to the
spell summon fey, instead of protection from energy. At
13th level, they gain access to guardian of nature, instead of
ice storm.
Channel Divinity: Nature's Wrath. A creature
restrained by the vines must use its action to repeat the
saving throw, instead of making one automatically at the
end of its turn.
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Oath of the Crown
The changes to the Oath of the Crown are listed below.
Channel Divinity: Champion Challenge. This ability's
effect ends on a creature if the paladin ends their turn
more than 30 feet away from the creature; previously, it
ended if the paladin was more than 30 feet away from the
creature at any time.
Channel Divinity: Turn the Tide. The hit points
restored by this feature equal 2d6 + half the paladin's level,
instead of 1d6 + the paladin's Charisma modifier
(minimum of 1 hit point).
Aura of Allegiance. Renamed from Divine Allegiance,
this feature now functions as an aura, the effect of which
can be activated as a reaction to have the paladin take half
the incoming damage.
Exalted Champion. The paladin can use this feature
again by expending a 5th-level spell slot.
Oath of Darkness
Previously known as the Oathbreaker, the changes to the
Oath of Darkness are listed below.
Oath Spells. At 3rd level, the paladin gains access to the
spell cause fear, instead of inflict wounds. At 17th level,
they gain access to negative energy flood, instead of
contagion.
Channel Divinity: Control Undead. The CR limit of this
feature now equals half the paladin's class level, instead of
being equal to their paladin level, since this oath is intended
to be available to all paladins at 3rd level.
Profane Touch. This is a new feature, which alters the
nature of the paladin's Sacred Touch in order to reflect
their dark nature.
Dread Lord. This feature has been modified to better
suit a player's paladin progression: the aura created by the
feature reduces dim light in its radius to darkness, which
the paladin can see through, while the sight-based benefit
of the aura's shadow has been removed; the aura deals 20
psychic damage instead of 4d10 psychic damage; and the
bonus action's damage dice are 3d8, rather than 3d10.
Oath of Devotion
The changes to the Oath of Devotion are listed below.
Aura of Devotion. This feature now grants additional
benefits when the paladin uses Lay on Hands instead of its
previous effect, which has been moved to the base class at
14th level as Aura of Conviction (see above).
Holy Nimbus. This feature now also grants resistance to
radiant and necrotic damage, and advantage on saving
throws against the non-spell magical effects of fiends and
undead. Additionally, the paladin can use the feature again
by expending a 5th-level spell slot.
Oath of Glory
The changes to the Oath of Glory are listed below.
Oath Spells. At 17th level, the paladin gains access to
the skill skill empowerment, instead of commune.
Aura of Alacrity. The aura lasts while you are conscious
(instead of not being incapacitated), and its range is 10 feet,
extending to 30 feet at 18th level (previously 5 feet,
extending to 10 feet).
Glorious Defense. The paladin can use this feature a
number of times equal to their proficiency bonus, instead of
their Charisma modifier (a minimum of once).
Living Legend. This feature now grants a benefit when
the paladin uses their Sacred Touch, and the second and
third benefits of the feature have been merged together,
now requiring the paladin's reaction to use.
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Oath of Vengeance
The changes to the Oath of Vengeance are listed below.
Avenging Angel. The paladin can use this feature again
by expending a 5th-level spell slot.
Oath of the Watchers
The changes to the Oath of the Watchers are listed below.
Vigilant Rebuke. This feature's triggering effect is
limited to the paladin and their allies, instead of any
creatures, within the feature's range.
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