Oath of Devotion

Oath of Devotion is one of the Subclasses of Paladin. These Paladins gain abilities that aid them in protecting the weak, dispelling falsehoods, and defeating fiends and undead.

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Following the ideal of the knight in shining armour, you act with honour and virtue to protect the weak and pursue the greater good.

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Subclass features

This subclass obtains all the features from its base class, Paladin, in addition to its unique features outlined below.

Level 1

 Oath of Devotion Tenets

For more details, see Oaths and Oathbreaking.

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Courage. Stride dauntlessly into action.

Compassion. Show clemency when prudent, and lend your arm to those in need.

Duty. Tend your responsibilities, obey just laws, and support those entrusted to your care.

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 Holy Rebuke

Channel Oath

Call upon your Oath to grant a vengeful aura that deals 1d4Radiant damage to anyone who hits them with a melee attack.

Level 3

 Sacred Weapon

Channel Oath

Using an action, you can turn your weapon into a Sacred Weapon. Adds your Charisma modifier to Attack Rolls on your weapon and it also emits a bright light.

 Turn the Unholy

Channel Oath

 Turn nearby undead and fiends. They are forced to flee and cannot come close to you.

Oath Spells

You gain additional spells from your oath. They are Always Prepared.

•  Protection from Evil and Good 
•  Sanctuary

Level 5

Oath Spells

You gain additional spells from your oath. They are Always Prepared.

•  Lesser Restoration
•  Silence  

Level 7

 Aura of Devotion

You and any nearby allies can't be  Charmed. The aura disappears if you fall Unconscious.

Level 9

Oath Spells

You gain additional spells from your oath. They are Always Prepared.

•  Remove Curse
•  Beacon of Hope 

Oathbreaking actions

This section details actions which cause the Paladins to break the Oath of Devotion.

Act 1

Roadside Cliffs

• Attacking Damays and Nymessa (tieflings who guard trapped Lae'zel) by any means, including options that occur through the dialogue
• As The Dark Urge, chopping off Gale's hand at the point of his possible recruitment

Emerald Grove/The Hollow

• When talking to Zevlor, choosing dialogue options that imply the player character will kill the goblin leaders because Kagha asked them to
  • OR Telling Zevlor that the player character is here to make sure the tieflings leave
• When the Shadow Druids reveal themselves, telling Kagha the player character won't stand in her way
• Prodding the wing of the Exhausted Bird. As The Dark Urge, the option is "Tear her wings off".
• As The Dark Urge, break Pandirna's legs

Sunlit Wetlands/Putrid Bog

• Succumbing to Auntie Ethel's will while wearing a Whispering Mask

Goblin Camp

• In Shattered Sanctum, repeatedly stabbing Abdirak while he refuses to fight back.
• Torturing Liam
• Revealing the location of the Emerald Grove to Minthara, either showing her or allowing her to read your thoughts

Risen Road

• Killing Anders without confirming first that he is hunting Karlach on the order of Zariel
• Killing any of the Zhentarim in the Zhentarim Basement, if Zarys has not tortured Rugan

Rosymorn Monastery/Creche Y'llek

• Killing any Githyanki in the Infirmary without being provoked
• Killing Varrl when he refuses to spar with the player character, or failing the roll to stab him non-fatally
• As The Dark Urge, kicking the Githyanki Egg off the cliffside when talking to Lady Esther

Underdark

• Allowing Nere kill the enslaved deep gnomes after he is freed from the cave-in
• Siding with Nere against Elder Brithvar and duergar rebels
• In Ebonlake Grotto, siding with Sovereign Glut and helping it defeat Sovereign Spaw
• As The Dark Urge, throwing Baelen's bag in the midst of spores in the bibberbang field

Camp

• As The Dark Urge, after killing Alfira, choosing to "admire this beautiful death"

Act 2

Shadow-Cursed Lands

• During the Punish the Wicked quest, ordering Madeline to stab herself, or calling her a coward and denying her forgiveness
• As The Dark Urge, crushing Dolly Thrice after releasing her from the Moonlantern

Last Light Inn

• Encouraging Mol to sign a contract with Raphael, or praising her ambitiousness
• Siding with Marcus when he attempts to kidnap Isobel
• As The Dark Urge, revealing the player character's depravity to the Strange Ox

Moonrise Towers

• Leting Questioners Jasin and Sumera wipe Minthara's mind
  • OR Taking part in the execution and erasing her (as The Dark Urge, the "Make her NOTHING" option)
• Convincing Acolyte Marls to jump from the pier
• As The Dark Urge, speaking with Steelclaw and trying to remember what the player character did previously

Gauntlet of Shar

• Offering Yurgir help to complete his contract with Raphael
• In the Shadowfell, letting Balthazar take Aylin to deliver her to Ketheric Thorm
  • OR Attacking and kill Aylin

Mind Flayer Colony

• Killing the prisoners in the pods in the Tadpoling Centre rather than releasing them

Camp

• Lying to Arabella that about not yet having found out what happened to her parents

Act 3

Rivington

• Trying to intimidate Ben Golewits and his family into leaving Arfur Gregorio's mansion (regardless of roll result)
• Providing the newborn mind flayer in the Abandoned Windmill basement with a dead body to feed
• At the smugglers' cave, siding with Farlin against Caïros
• As The Dark Urge, revealing the player character's depravity to the Strange Ox

Wyrm's Crossing/Wyrm's Rock Fortress

• Agreeing to take gold from Arfur Gregorio to 'forget' about rigged toys he donated for refugees
• Accepting Gortash's proposal of alliance at the ordaining ceremony
• Bringing Wulbren's head to Manip Falcäo
• Killing the jailers in Wyrm's Rock Prison

Lower City

• In front of Sorcerous Sundries, inviting Aradin to try and kidnap Aylin from the camp.
• At Sorcerous Sundries, letting Lorroakan capture Aylin OR helping him do it
• At the Abandoned Cistern, allowing the Emperor to kill Minsc, OR attack and kill Minsc directly
• Placing the Runepowder Bomb into the Neurocitor in order to blow up the Steel Watch Foundry
• Letting Churg Elvek and the crowd execute Volo
• Allowing Astarion to complete the Rite of Profane Ascension
  • OR, Convincing him not to ascend, but then deciding to kill the imprisoned spawn
• Becoming an Unholy Assassin of Bhaal
• As The Dark Urge, at the Graveyard burying Bugthimble alive
• As The Dark Urge, accepting Bhaal's gift and blessings

External links

• Oath of Devotion on the Forgotten Realms Wiki