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You have set aside even your own purity to right wrongs and deliver justice to those who have committed the most grievous sins.
Oath tenets
Here is the full text of the Oath of Vengeance. For more details, see Oaths and Oathbreaking.
Fight the Greater Evil. Exerting your wisdom, identify the higher morality in any given instance, and fight for it.
No Mercy for the Wicked. Chasten those who dole out their villainy by wiping their blight from the world forever.
Subclass features
This subclass obtains all the features from its base class, Paladin, in addition to its unique features outlined below.
Level 1
Channel Oath
Use your oath to use the following ability:
: You or an ally's weapon attacks deal an additional 
Radiant damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1) and can 
enemies 2 turns
Level 3
Channel Oath
Use your oath to use one of the following abilities:
: Use an Action to 
an enemy. They'll be easier to hit and cannot move. Fiends and undead have 
Disadvantage on this Saving Throw.
: Gain 
Advantage on Attack Rolls against an enemy.
You gain additional spells from your oath. They are Always Prepared.
Level 5
You gain additional spells from your oath. They are Always Prepared.
Level 7
- If you hit an enemy with an Opportunity Attack, your movement speed increases by
4.5 m / 15 ft on your next turn. - This movement does not provoke any further opportunity attacks.
Level 9
You gain additional spells from your oath. They are Always Prepared.
Oathbreaking actions
This section details actions that will cause the player to break the Oath of the Vengeance.
Act 1
Spoiler warning! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.
- Attacking Damays and Nymessa.
- Freeing Sazza from her cage.*
- Torturing the prisoner in shattered sanctum.
- Agreeing to attack the Grove with Minthara.
- Stopping Komira from killing Kagha, if Arabella dies during her judgement.
- Letting Auntie Ethel get away from the fight alive in exchange for her boon.
- Killing Sovereign Spaw after siding with Glut at the Ebonlake Grotto (Myconid Colony).
- Siding with Nere after liberating him in Grymforge.
Spoiler warning! This section reveals interactions with The Dark Urge.
- (As Dark Urge) Fantasising about chopping off Gale's hand at the flickering rune.
- (As Dark Urge) Embracing Alfira or Quils murder will break your oath.
- (As Dark Urge) Ensuring Pandirna never stands again in the Emerald Grove's storage room.
- (As Dark Urge) Showing the Ox your thoughts causing you to stab it to death in Act 2
Act 2
Spoiler warning! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.
- Telling Mol that you like her ambition of becoming the leader of the Thieves Guild
- Letting Minthara get erased by the torturers at the Moonrise Towers.
- In Punish the Wicked, forgiving Madeline will break your oath.
- Telling her to stab herself then stopping her will also do so.
- Siding with Marcus will break your oath.
- Killing Steelclaw. Note, you will also break your oath as The Dark Urge if you speak with Steelclaw and choose the option to try and remember what you did previously, as this leads you to automatically kill Steelclaw.
Act 3
Spoiler warning! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.
- Feeding the Mind Flayer in the Rivington Abandoned Windmill
- Accepting Gortash's proposal during the ceremony at Wyrm's Rock Fortress.
- (If doing Shadowheart's quest): Letting Viconia live after the House of Grief final fight.
- (If doing Astarion's quest): Letting Astarion ascend to become a True Vampire
