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The Paladins Lyrics

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Some people suffer all their lives never really happy
No matter what they try
I think we're lucky with what we got
It doesn't take much money to have what we got

And I don't believe we're fooling around
I don't believe you're putting me down
I don't believe you mess up our lives

By telling each other lies

This life we're living
It ain't so bad
We never really fight
We just get a little mad
And all these problems
Ain't rough they say
The tough get going
When the going get tough

And I don't believe we're fooling around
I don't believe you're putting me down
I don't believe you mess up our lives
By telling each other lies

I konw you love me
I love you too
There's nothing in this world
I wouldn't do for you
Let's stay together
Through thick and thin

And I don't believe we're fooling around
I don't believe you're putting me down

I don't believe you mess up our lives
By telling each other lies

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to The Paladins' song "I Don't Believe" express gratitude for the simple things in life, and refute the idea that happiness comes from worldly possessions or a particular social status. The singer acknowledges that some people suffer their whole lives despite their efforts to find contentment, whereas the singer feels that they are fortunate to have what they have. The singer believes that they are not deceiving each other, nor are they trying to tear the other down, and rejects the notion that lying to each other could ruin their relationship.

The song suggests that life isn't always easy, but it's not as bad as it seems either. Although there may be some disagreements or conflicts, they aren't insurmountable, and it's possible to work through things together. The singer also looks at love as an essential factor in their life, and states that there's nothing they wouldn't do for their partner. They want to hold on to each other for better or worse, through any rough patches or temporary hardships.

Overall, the song's message is one of appreciation, honesty, and steadfastness in a relationship, renouncing the idea that material possessions or societal status should be looked upon as a defining factor of happiness.

Line by Line Meaning

Some people suffer all their lives never really happy
There are some people who are unhappy for their entire lives despite trying different things to find joy

No matter what they try
Even if they put in a lot of effort to find happiness, they are never successful

I think we're lucky with what we got
We are fortunate to have what we have in our lives

It doesn't take much money to have what we got
We don't need a lot of money to be happy with what we have

And I don't believe we're fooling around
I believe that we are sincere in our relationship and not cheating on each other

I don't believe you're putting me down
I don't think that you are insulting or belittling me

I don't believe you mess up our lives
I don't think that you are causing problems that affect our lives negatively

By telling each other lies
By being dishonest with each other

This life we're living
The life we have together

It ain't so bad
It's not that bad after all

We never really fight
We don't argue much

We just get a little mad
We might get upset with each other briefly, but it's not a big issue

And all these problems
Difficulties we encounter in our lives

Ain't rough they say
They say that the problems we face are not that difficult to overcome

The tough get going
Those who are strong and resilient keep pushing through

When the going get tough
When things get difficult

I know you love me
I'm aware that you have feelings of love for me

I love you too
I also have feelings of love for you

There's nothing in this world
There is nothing that exists

I wouldn't do for you
That I wouldn't do for you

Let's stay together
Let's remain in a committed relationship

Through thick and thin
Through good times and bad times

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Written by: Dave Gonzales

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@Duncan275

1y↑65

For Paladins its supposed to the the devotion, not emotion that gives them power.

And this video gets the traditional limits on alignment so wrong. They are restricting, but that is in keeping with what it takes to attain this level devotion.

People often roleplay it poorly because they go too black and white with it. Forgetting that their character is in fact a flawed lifeform, chasing an ideal. They will stumble in their devotion from time to time, they will crack in their stoicism and let down their guard from time to time. Thus making these moments more valued for them and their comrades.

That is the class. Whining about, I want to play a paladin and play how ever I want, flies in the face of what the class actually is.

Stepping outside ourselves and roleplaying an alignment that is foreign to us, is where so much of the magic from D&D can be created.

Rather than gimme what I want, because I want it.

@rustyshackle8000

1y↑2

I'm all for making Oathbreakers that defy the traditional edgy, Darth Vader route

Recently I've wanted to play an Oathbreaker Revenant for Curse of Strahd

The idea is this:

The Oathbreaker was once a knight, and swore a sacred oath that he would slay Strahd alongside his comrades.

Only for him to flee the battle in fear.

Upon his inevitable death, the sheer, uncontrolled hatred of his fallen comrades, combined with the innate darkness of Barovia, bound his spirit eternally to the land, not unlike Strahd himself. His paladin abilities come from his innate connection to Barovia itself.

Rather than an edge lord, he's a kind, polite, soft spoken father figure with a healthy amount of existential dread and regret

All comments from YouTube:

@pointyhatstudios

1y↑2.2K

This is the space reserved for people to complain about how paladins were better when they HAD to be lawful good
There you go, now we can keep it contained.

@elbowedtoast52

1y↑59

time for you to gain some interactions

@micajango4177

1y↑120

While I feel a majority of paladins should be lawful, there is room for experimentation.

@danieldees9686

1y↑155

I'm gonna sit in this space so those people don't have any room to sit down.

I'm also gonna fart.

@MM-lv7iy

1y↑62

Wibbity- woobity, I played a oathbreaker and had a good time! 😛

@DetectiveLance

1y↑23

@@MM-lv7iy MY MAN!!! high fives

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@Koopaperson

1y↑5.4K

“Do you want to tank? Do you want to fight? Do you want a class that’ll instill fright? Well take up some plate and keep the goblins in sight because you’ll want to make them eat this paladin SMITE!” A wise person

@briishcabbage568

1y↑366

"ELDRICH BLAST" A wise person

@Zanavor

1y↑345

"Fireball. Just Fireball. NOTHING BUT FIREBALL!!!" A wise person.

@LeRodz

1y↑155

JoFeline, the Wise

@jacobsheehan5775

1y↑114

Welcome to a crap guide to dnd

@niRtywa_starcvnt

1y↑72

bouncy bardy string picking intro

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@megadragonking546

26w↑503

Unfortunately more often than not when I try to play a Paladin I get the "ugh a Paladin, really? In a fantasy setting where you can live out any fantasy why would you want to be a good guy? Here try this tiefling Rogue." Unfortunately, my power fantasy is being a good person with the power help people and do good so I'm immediately branded as boring and unoriginal.

@peterbillings3276

21w↑54

Totally valid. Don’t let them yuck your yum!

@dexter2392

20w↑27

Paladins are great for being evil as well, you can be an Oathbreaker or Oath of Conquest paladin

@Williamjacob7789

20w↑66

Shows more lack of creativity on their part to be honest. 🤷🏿‍♂️

@mr_mykal

20w↑40

Super valid. I've never enjoyed playing characters that enjoy hurting people. The best I can do is a character that doesn't go out of their way to hurt people, but looks after themselves first, even if it's sometimes at the expense of others. Like my capacity to do good is much more limited in real life, so my power fantasy is also someone who can do large amounts of good without even sweating it. Good can come in so many flavors too, it doesn't always have to be a law-abiding goodie two-shoes! Sometimes stealing is morally correct, an example that this very video brings up, lol.

@JessicaT10118

19w↑12

I love playing a good, albeit neutral to chaotic alignment, character. It is very satisfying to put good into the world even in a game 😊

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@padenal6069

33w↑591

I love the idea of a path of vengeance paladin who joins a party and realizes that they actually don't believe the "any means necessary" part. As they start to put the lives of the friends before their goal, they become an oathbreaker.

@Afroofthenight

28w↑52

So Guts, basically

@daleodorito

26w↑36

My paladin would definitely put his life on the line before breaking his vengeance oath, but will not allow others to die for his selfish desire of vengeance.

I mean if he has the choice of either defending you or going all in against the bad guy, he would go for the bad guy, and if you die I am sorry. But if he had to chose from saving you of falling out of ledge and letting the bad guy run away he would bregudgely save you. Cause evil must be punish, but I am not evil my self if I let others die under my choice?

@clutchmaster3483

25w↑3

Same

@DetectiveLance

25w↑8

My Paladin became an Oathbreaker because my DM and I agreed it would be fun and since he couldn't remember his past he was technically breaking his old oaths by swearing to stop the Chessmaster of a BBEG out of pure spite. We're flavoring Oathbreaker as the Oath of Spite and gave it a single class abilty: twice per long rest he can say "fuck that" to any nat 20s or nat 1s.

@DewayneMcClure-bm2pj

13w↑3

They don't have to break their oath. "By any means necessary" is utilitarian thinking, if youre pursuing vengeance to the detriment of people who don't deserve it, then is it really justice? That's sort of the difference between an unhinged bully who just wants to impose their morality on everyone versus a person delivering proper street justice; a champion of the people who strives to protect them and only stacks bodies in extreme circumstances.

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@Vymoikane

35w↑302

I really love BG3's twist on Oathbreakers with how the initial acquistition of the Oathbreaker subclass your character basically has a heartattack

@communistpenguin8538

31w↑70

Honestly it makes a lot of sense since you basically betrayed the very thing giving you your powers, so you literally break a part of you/your soul... Heartattacks make sense

@persuisixh4804

25w↑13

I read a great series where breaking a blood oath basically nearly mentally killed some one over a little time, since your literal life was devoted to someone magically. It made for some interesting plot moments when one of the main characters broke theirs in a show of defiance over what their master was doing (they lived dont worry)

@persuisixh4804

25w↑1

So yeah it makes sense

@NChase459

38w↑276

In one of my games there was a Vengeance Paladin who was technically Lawful Good, but she was easily distracted and sometimes forgot parts of her oath. It was hilarious! She also had a chatty sentient sword who’s voice could only be heard by people who were Lawful Good, and no one else in the party was, so our characters all thought she was going crazy, having one sided conversations with her sword.

@NoFaceOrGun

32w↑10

Had a paladin in mine who got goaded into throwing a bomb she wasn't aware was a bomb. She never lived it down.

@theinsfrijonds

29w↑2

Fi from the Master Sword

@shade7014

10w

So Deadpool if he gave a damn about the legality of his actions?

@Rextrooper12345

1y↑605

Need a story about a paladin of a love goddess and a cleric of a war god getting together tbh.

@ClickToPreview

1y↑13

Though not a d&d idea, I am recently working on a framework for an idea around the ancient "eden" of Arcadia protected during a Golden Age by the goddess Astaera and how it was corrupted by Prometheus. Kind of a faction based, which divinity do you side with kind of idea for maybe an mmorpg?

@huivnthecaitiff1098

52w↑1

Evening Glory+Orkus. They both really click when it comes to the idea of undead

@chainsawboy2388

46w↑11

@@huivnthecaitiff1098 it’s a reference to Aphrodite and Ares in Greek mythology

@antoine8649

43w↑3

make a godess similar to ishtar and you'll do both.

@louisvictor3473

40w↑6

Pladins and Clerics of Freya: Those are the same picture.

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@sammorris1906

1y↑1.5K

Love the idea of a pair of Paladin and Barbarian siblings who chose very different paths of "Emotions give me power"

@nathanlaleff4273

Their parents were killed, one wants to kill the perp, thus becoming an oath of vengence paladin, the other angry to all hells wants to kill the perp, thus becoming a barbaran.

@Duncan275

1y↑65

@SirQuack-mi9sz

1y↑14

@@Duncan275 I have waited for an excuse to do a paladin dragon who is librarian devoted to his library for so long

@Prismwind

50w↑36

@@Duncan275 Forced alignment restrictions are ALWAYS bad. Every deity has holy wariors super devoted to them, but if you're super devoted to say, a chaotic good deity, guess what your alignment is going to be... and that doesn't mean chaotic good deities never have paladins, that makes no sense.

Absolute devotion to an ideal can take many forms, not all of those forms are going to be Lawful Good. Paladins get their powers from zeal and devotion, and are basically a more martial form of a cleric, channeling it into their martial discipline moreso than for spellcasting. They should absolutely be many alignments, based on A) what they are devoted to, and B) how they themselves interprete its meaning. If it's a deity, they are going to embody the nature of that deity.

And no, it isn't restricted to good. Evil deities should have paladins too and not just fallen ones. Every god has champions, and many causes and ideals do too... what makes a paladin is their devotion being taken to such extreme levels it starts to manifest as powers, channeled from that concept and their faith.

Simply put the idea of the holy, absolute warrior blessed by their devotion to what they believe in should be much more universal than just "always lawful good". Clerics make far more sense, needing to be within a step of their deity's alignment. Paladins should be the same if they have a deity, and if it's an ideal it's all about their interpretation of that ideal.

@zjsopro

49w↑5

@@Prismwind Because you are devoted to a Chaotic Good deity, doesn't mean u can be chaotic good yourself. Paladins are champions and protectors of the Deity's belief(which itself is lawful in nature). A paladin can believe in a Chaotic good deity, but their function doesn't allow them to be Chaotic themselves. A soldier that disobeys command is fundamentally a shitty soldier, ya he can be a good swordsman but he failed his function as a soldier. In role-playing wise, lawful good doesn't mean everything action you do must be "lawful" or "good", that is a machine not a human(other races) being. A paladin belief in a chaotic good deity may join up with a group of thieves if the local government is shitty. Also, for evil deities... their champion is called Blackguard or Antipaladin, which by itself stands as a class.

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@Ash-V

19w↑18

My favorite paladin idea is an oath of redemption paladin whose motto is basically, "i'm going to drag you kicking and screaming into the light. It's not gonna be fun for either of us."

@tkmakesstuff8749

38w↑73

I played a pretty basic paladin once, he was Oath of Vengeance because he had a bit of an anger issue, but he was the typical goody two shoes! The twist? His oath was to the Cult the party was hunting down. He was placed on the team as a spy and spent the whole campaign feeding vital information to this cult. We had some TEAR FILLED sessions when he finally realized that maybe possibly his cult was not so good and told everyone in the party. It was some of the most fun I've ever had.

@acleus

1y↑96

My oath of devotion paladin got the typical edgy rogue backstory but went the complete opposite direction and basically tried to prove he wasn't a monster by becoming the goodest guy he could think of. He basically runs through life trying to do as much good as possible cause everyone calling him monster/devilspawn felt really bad and he wanted to prove them wrong.

@kevindavis4456

41w↑52

I love the Wisteria concept so much, and the artwork even more. An insectoid elf gives me chills. Wish i thought of it.

@lunarsuperstar

1y↑238

The first thing that came to mind with the Love Paladin was Hydaelyn from FF14. A paladin with parental love for the people/world, someone who loves meeting new people, new places, new vistas.

@justinwinterspear

1y↑1.2K

I once played a homebrewed Oath of Devotion paladin, the twist was that he was entirely devoted to himself. He was such an ego maniac, that he developed magic powers purely to show how amazing he was. All of his abilities were flipped around, his aura gave him more power the more allies were around him, his lay on hands was a life draining ability that he could only use to heal himself, etc. He was a lot of fun to rp

@kimhyunwoo8983

1y↑172

This is similar to my character who I made with his Oath I called “The path of Victory” basically it was a character who’s main flaw was his overwhelming need to be victorious to a toxic point, and we decided that I’d be the only person in the party not using XP but instead a achievement system where if I lost in battle or in any situation my character saw as a challenge I would lose power or in case of winning I would gain power. It made for awesome character role play potential and hilarious comedic moments of my character having existential crisis over something as simple as not peeling fruit as well as another party member and literally becoming weaker because of it.

@topkek996

1y↑33

You made Lucius the Eternal, nice!

@jeremymullens7167

51w↑19

Lol in a funny way you made a character very similar to an old school paladin.

They were better than everyone else. They didn’t have to sneak because they weren’t cowards and would face things head on.

They were Nobel but that was also part of their conceit.

@tocadohawke

49w↑12

Sounds awful to play in the same table lol

@gaeltv1285

48w↑18

For some reason this reminded me a lot of Gaston... But that is such a good idea!

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@Notsogoodguitarguy

32w↑22

There was a really cool paladin subclass that I found once. It was called something like Faithless or something like that. The basic gist was, the paladin had lost all hope, and their faith was a dying ember. And, like, the only thing keeping the paladin going was them trying to prevent others from turning faithless and losing hope. It was really cool, and I'm super sad I can't find it again.

@ThisMelonHead

42w↑49

Played a vengeance paladin through a campaign ran a few years ago, His story ended with him returning home and ending up as part of the city's Council with a key interest in forming friendships and treaties with local towns, other cities and general populations.
Final epilogue was a orc + goblin camp having a party over a recent loot run after a raid on some caves which held a kobold population that had earned a place in the city through mining and trade with the dwarven population. The last we heard was just him arriving to the camp alone before going to town on the camp for invading some innocent lizards.
And that's still my favourite way to play vengeance paladin. Doesn't have to be a mad search for wrong doers. Sometimes defending your home town is enough for them to reveal themselves

@nom2157

1y↑272

I once made an Oath of the Watchers paladin! She was basically a magical girl in anything but name, 'protecting the realms' with a smile, pink ribbons, and a big heavy greatsword. Her way of thinking was very black-and-white initially, differentiating between 'wrongdoers' and 'the good guys' based on her own biased perception. She was actually quite violent and lawless in her methods.

@rythanhemphill6868

39w↑5

Initially? Did she have character development?

@nom2157

39w↑26

@@rythanhemphill6868 Yeah! we had a run-in with a few kenku who were repeating some sentences that heavily implicated them in a murder that had happened. My paladin deemed them the wrong-doers and swung, not knowing how kenku worked. Turns out they were innocent; they had hidden away when the murder happened. They were the witnesses. She only realised their innocence afterwards. Naturally, she's been more doubtful of her don't-ask-just-go approach and her 'justice' since then.

@rythanhemphill6868

39w↑4

@@nom2157 Very nice and straightforward 👍

@matthewoconnor2742

38w↑2

That's a neat twist! I played one in a Diablo themed campaign and made him an overzealous demon hunter haha

@biggiecheese2004

34w

⁠@@nom2157I don’t understand, she should have broken her oath by being reckless and slaughtering innocents. Isn’t a watcher paladin supposed to protect innocents from space monsters (summarized crudely ofc)

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@vintagebones922

50w↑22

I find the oath of conquest works really well for Goliaths and their urge to break personal records or "conquer" their goals.
On the other hand: think of perhaps how which god a paladin may worship affects how they interpret their oath. For example a paladin of conquest who worships Kord may choose to conquer all who use their might to oppress the weak and to conquer all cowards in their path, rather than conquer straight up everything.

@TuckBolt

1y↑27

It should be mentioned that as of Tasha's, monsters aren't designed to use spells anymore. They're designed to use magical effects primarily, and spells occasionally. This really cuts in on the effectiveness of the Oath of the Ancient's aura.

@carlosmomar5125

1y↑970

Just before i start watching the video, i just wanna say thank you. You have to be one of the BEST content creators out there. You aren't just funny, talented and creative, you also seem to be one of the most generous people in the world. You are not only making this amazing videos to give us new ideas, you are actually WORKING and giving us the content for FREE. You are just so passionate about this channel and this community, and we really, really, REALLY, appreciate everything you do man. Thanks for everything.

@Coraloner

1y↑13

There's not enough words to say how true this is, and how much of an inspiration he is to me and I'm sure to many others too.

@jakobvanvliet8954

1y↑5

Goat

@mr.zendar885

1y↑7

Pointy Hat is king

@MattFyrm

1y↑3

Couldn't have said it better

@IamHattman

1y↑3

@@mr.zendar885Should rebrand to Pointy Crown.

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@robertstull8759

18w↑4

Your design for her Elder Champion form is freaking amazing!!! That's one of the most beautiful and frightening character designs I've seen in a long damn time.

@alaska8222

45w↑2

I just started getting deeper into DnD now that I started DMing and I just wanted to thank you. Your content is absolutely amazing! All your content for FREE makes it so much fun to do research and learn about the game.

I never would have guessed that being raised by a hat on the internet is all I ever needed ,:) Oh and also much thanks from my party! They’re sending love and dice blessings ^^

@bangie128

1y↑12

For the longest time I've wanted to play a devotion paladin but for a love deity. Their goal to spread and protect love at all costs. Using a charmed bow and arrow as their main weapon, and a small blade as their secondary one called heartbreak. I have more ideas but when I saw your video I couldn't help feel seen so thank you for all you do. You're doing great and are a regular watch for me! You've got this❤❤❤

@undercovers2006

44w↑8

I like that in the text it says they get their magic from their oath, yet they get spell casting before they even take their oath. xD

@TheKarishi

1y↑12

I made a subclass called the Oath of Mischief, with an aura that reduces enemy mental saves and a spell list based around Enchantment and Illusion. When you described Wisteria I thought immediately of the Oath of Mischief.
(My Oath of Mischief paladin exited the campaign when she used the last Wish on a Monkey's Paw to make a red dragon fall in love with her. Because it was a Monkey's Paw she fell in love with him too and they flew off into the sunset together. It removed the dragon from the list of enemy assets, which had been the plan, but...)

@dominicdepiazzi8864

1y↑613

One of the most fun characters I’ve played was a paladin whose oath was “I’ll pay you back, I promise”. He had borrowed money from a devil to pay off his debts to a gang, then he borrowed even more money from a celestial being to pay off the devil. The celestial empowered his promise with paladin magic so that my character could get the money, but if he missed his interest payments then he’d be breaking his oath

@EdissonOrtega

1y↑100

So your celestial being was just Visa?

@dianemiles2720

1y↑87

Sir Ponzi, paying off his old debts by owing a new God a new debt in a chain of debts.

@lilylou4693

1y↑10

Annnnnnd that's how MLM was born... 😂

@gonzalomorislara8858

1y↑14

Sounds like a warlock though

@Femaiden

1y↑13

"The Oath of the Ponzi" eh?

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@cosivant.555

32w↑1

Thanks for your videos! I think your builds and roleplay ideas and suggestions are so helpful when coming up with my own characters' backstories, I've not yet adapted one as is but they're awesome inspiration at times.🤩

@cosivant.555

32w

Also, you got a happy subscriber. <3

@hibiscut5708

10w

Love your videos! They help me understand DnD better and help me think outside the box. Also, congratulations, you made me want to try playing a new class! I’m super new to DnD, so thanks for the content! Love it, and keep up the good work!

@Olav_Hansen

1y↑6

I once made an ancient paladin that was an interpretation of siding with life/the forest itself. It did so mostly because it wanted to keep unnatural things (monstrosities, extraplanar beings, undead etc.) as far away from the forests as possible. It was nice being good without having to play the hero.

@LassBisharp

34w↑2

Dude I love your Paladin concept so MUCH! At first I thought it was going to be your typical Oath of the Ancients, but the further I got into it, the more intrigued I became, and the more flavorful this character was. When I got to the end, I was almost thinking, "At Level 20, this character could simply be the BBEG," and that'd STILL make for a very interesting story! Like, goshDAMN!!! Well done my good sir! Bravo!

@jujulescesar

Thank you!! Great content as always!!
Paladins are probably my favorite class, i can't stop playing them. I suspect it's because, on top of the very cool features, it really works for me to have a nice big chunk of their personality/belief system already baked into the class from the get-go. Makes it much easier to dive into the RP confidently and figure out where they stand on the morality spectrum as encounters come up.

@alext2695

1y↑713

I've always wanted to play a paladin whose oath was their wedding vows... this is perfect! Thank you so much!

@Mark73

1y↑19

What if someone kills their spouse?

@wigoow1206

1y↑175

@@Mark73 Switch to Oath of Vengeance

@fuelcelltechsmith6307

1y↑13

Roran Garrowson is the inspiration you need

@mr.voidroy6869

1y↑3

M'lady

@lythiumriver

1y↑3

LITERALLY SAME 😂

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@stachu5049

37w↑1

Your videos always inspire me to make characters who don't fall into archetypes, thank you very much. Love paladins sound great, can't wait to try one out

@Kreau

Green knight, yeah that movie was something.

Also, your Wysteria story was well done!

There was a choose your own adventure d&d themed app that had a story about a paladin who was converted from oath of vengeance to oath of devotion, and it was a roller coaster ride of emotions!

@GoldenPiney

1y↑5

Oath of Glory is my favorite because your oath is just "my name will be known across the land!" How you get there can line up with any alignment

@Mae_Dastardly

49w↑4

Oath of cloutchasing

@unwokeneuropean3590

34w

The oath of Crom... I will crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and will hear lamentations of their women.

@StevenJQuinlan

39w↑1

I love the Vengeance Paladin for it's role playing potential. It was a major moment in our last campaign when near the end my Vengeance pally finally stayed his hand at the begging request of the party. It showed his growth throughout the campaign with the influence of the party.

@jordanhewins5446

Your videos are awesome, and they make me (a newb) really really excited to finally play D&D. Please keep making more videos!

@hogndog2339

1y↑310

Pointy hat videos are like a Friday ritual for me at this point

@DonsArtnGames

1y↑4

Time to start the PH Temple

@seffye2195

1y↑2

fucking same

@johndargis7656

so you picked your class hold onto your ass cause race a part of a role you can play some sentient clay a he she or they. a beast that gets real snarly a regular dude name Charley if home brew is free a big talking tree welcome to a half guide to dnd

@someoctopus8749

1y↑2

ALL HAIL POINTY

@reymann6691

@@johndargis7656 I'm sorry repeat that?

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@davidschuuring5816

30w

Oh my goodness, your newly suggested oath seems like a perfect theme for one of my Paladin esque (not DnD) characters, I'm definitely checking out the details ^^

@AzziesPersonalRecordings

22w

In our next campaign I plan on playing an Oath of the Ancients Paladin that stumbled into it by helping her community of farmers and local wildlife and takes the oath 'Be the light you want to see in the world', sometimes literally. Thank you for helping with inspiration!

@codexohexoh

1y↑1

I'm currently in a new campaign with an Oath of Ancients Pally and chafed at the whole "loving life/light/nature=plants & horns" aspect so I'm modeling mine off of like a Hank Green/Mister Rogers/Carl Sagan/Dolly Parton type where they just love the universe and all of the weirdness of it and the inhabitants of it and just want to absorb all of the niche little tidbits and fun facts and strong opinions they come across. Hoping that will lead to some fun and more interesting dynamics in general. Thanks for the video (and everything)! I backed DalRiada hardcore so thank you for that, too!

@fatpaladin

35w

I love the paladin archetype - enough that I've written (and am writing) a book series about them. They're fascinating archetypes and tremendously fun to play at the table when you free yourself from the lawful good archetype discussed. Whenever I play a paladin, I'm always looking for a new angle (like the paladin of a fertility goddess, or the paladin of a god of the seas and skies - totally different vibes!). Current one I'm playing is a follower of the god of devouring. Next one on my list is a redemption paladin who believes everyone deserves a chance... and that it's the gods that are the problem (shoutout to WebDM for the idea).

Your channel is amazing - love your work :)

@kaankaya951

52w↑3

It would be nice to see a discord server. Sharing these awesome custom content there would be great. It would be organized. Also asking for advice, finding groups and other fun stuff is a great opportunity.

@chriscortez2036

1y↑239

My favorite Paladin subclass is Oath of the Ancients. It’s more than just the nature-themed paladin- It’s tenets aren’t just about protecting others physically, but keeping them happy and healthy as well. Giving people a reason to keep going and enjoying life. Its also encourages the paladin to stay happy and healthy as well. It’s nice.

@deadseven3474

1y↑11

I love OotA, its like... an Oath to being a hippie. fun to roleplay any way you want to approach it. Wanna be a druid knight? How about some old ass oath-sworn protector? Fairy Knight? Defender of the natural against the forces of other planes? (I'll admit with oath of the watchers there, its a much more direct alternative).

@unknownvalor9755

1y↑7

If you play tier 4 in dnd having a Ancients in the party is a must. Undying at level 15 also prevents paladin from aging, at this point the paladin no longer has a lifespan. Finally forcing any creature out of shapeshift on a failed save is truly op in role playing. You can truly wreck DM's plot by forcing a big bad to reveal itself.

@deadseven3474

1y↑8

@@unknownvalor9755 I do think it is quite good, the only Paladin class I'd personally rate higher than it is Vengeance. Giving the class with the highest single turn damage potential the ability to specify one guy and absolutely erase them from existence is satisfying as hell to watch as a DM, at least for me. I'm just glad when my players remember they can exploit a feature of theirs and use it to greatly help with an encounter, I love it when they actually use their features to outsmart me.

@WillowGreenheart

@@deadseven3474 @unknownvalor9755 I don't know. In most my 5e games aura of warding was never used that much. Most spellcasters use debuffs and CCs and when big elemental damage comes into play... it's from abilities like dragon breath whose aura of warding does nothing. Even devotion aura was better because "no" to charm mostly means no mind control. You can force someone to go out of shapeshift if it's shapeshifting not shapechange. For example, it does nothing against changelings. Ancient is one of the subclasses that you need to know that you're going to fight fey, evil druids or mages using magic to do damage not banish, charm, wall of forcing you etc. For example, it can easily shut down enemy warlocks! Undying is mostly just for RP. It's cool. Like... you can be a knight that was standing like a statue in an ancient tomb defending it and then when evil came you woke up. Sadly in the 15th level.

Vengeance on the other hand... like Deadseven said. It's just stronger because in 5e action economy, damage and CCs are the kings not healing and tanking. Hunter mark, misty step and channel divinity of vengeance pala are just too strong in later tiers. You can dish out cosmic level of damage with polearms which this subclass is build for. And when you're mounted is strong. About mounts... Do you know? Paladins WITHOUT subclass is strong enough base that they don't have any weak choice because the weakest choice is still a strong one because paladin. In t4 almost immortal (you can summon it and heal it because of special rules), flying paladin on fooking gryphon is scary enough.
And I still prefer the oath of the watchers. Because I love templars in dragon age and hunting evil mages is fun. Even if the subclass is weak.

@GALL0WSHUM0R

1y↑5

@@deadseven3474 My main D&D character is 100% a hippie paladin. He's a paladin of small and forgotten gods, like the kind worshipped in a single out-of-the-way village or discovered as a crumbling idol in an overgrown temple. His oath is to protect the small and downtrodden, and he forswore unnecessary possessions, owning only his robes, his blade, and a pack of supplies. He's multiclassed with hexblade (CHA for attack and damage, and Armor of Shadows so he can use mage armor instead of needing to own expensive plate armor), and last time I played him he swore his Oath of Ancients to the primordial tree/deity that a druidic commune called home, swearing to find a way to cure its blight.

He's an itinerant holy weirdo who refuses to wear shoes and I love him so much

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@seanlynch6737

34w

Just discovered your channel. Just amazing, well done!

@robertgrasnick2133

10w

Hey I just wanted to say, that I get so much inspiration from your videos and I am thankful for the content you produce

@krisrobinson3787

1y↑1

Heck yeah! If I wasn't already playing a paladin I'd make one after seeing those clips of Arthur King and his team at the round table. Awesome work as usual!

@DraconicWF

33w↑1

5:42 just something to clarify. Divine smite damage from spell slots maxes out at 5d8 meaning that all spell slots 4 and above will all do 5d8, you can get to 6d8 if the enemy is an undead or fiend

@mr.sandman3619

23w

can i say something, i love how loud you speak sometimes my dinky little notebook can't broadcast sound loud enough and i can't hear the video, your videos are very loud and i love it never stop doing it

@purplechameleon35

1y↑168

That’s actually insane, about a week ago I made a paladin who’s main goal was protecting their brother, who is played by a different party member. You just made a perfect subclass for it!

@jannfredryckmatias3545

1y↑2

This is insane, just yesterday I made and played a paladin whose main goal was to save his younger brother who was cursed with lycanthropy by a powerful werewolf (Loup Garou) that he must kill, and we were thinking if one of the party members could actually secretly be that Loup Garou!

I just wanted to comment under this, too, because of just the similarity of recently playing a paladin who wants to protect his brother 😆

@purplechameleon35

1y↑2

Ha, nice!

@Kingofthehill674

13w↑1

@@jannfredryckmatias3545 This is insane, just yesterday I made and played a paladin whose main goal was to save his younger brother who was cursed with vampirism by a powerful vampire (Loup Varou) that he must kill, and we were thinking if one of the party members could actually secretly be that Loup Varou

I just wanted to comment under this, too, because of just the similarity of recently playing a paladin who wants to protect his brother 😆

@masonsetty4141

32w

I'm so happy you made a paladin video, it's my favorite class and I've been trying to experiment with their character traits. I recently made a paladin named Oleander. He follows a homebrew diety who's domain specifically presides over natural disasters and took an oath as a stormwatcher. it's a homebrew subclass my friend showed me but we are still tweaking the tenets to be more interesting cause we felt the tenets it came with were bland. I'm still piecing him together, all I know is he's following a string of unnatural disasters such as Hurricanes in land locked regions and sandstorms in farmlands

@chase8326

33w↑1

I just started my first campaign as a Tiefling Oath of the Ancients paladin. I honestly didn’t realize until I started playing how versatile and powerful my character can become. It’s super exciting.

@SergirothGames

I have said this in a different video of yours, but even though I can’t play the game (my dnd friends are in very different time-zones), I love watching your content; your videos are amusing and really entertaining, and if I were to be able to play, really well informative and documented. Keep going, I would love to support you if you ever make a patreon!

@NinjaBenjamin1974

49w

Love Paladins. This was a concept that was played around with being a dedicant to Sune, back in the day when Forgotten Realms first came out. The only obstacle was being a lawful person to a chaotic goddess. But other than that, it worked perfectly, with some creative RP. I'm interested to see how your Oath looks!

@willoelke2886

Fantastic work as usual! I just started playing a paladin and this is the perfect subclass for him, I will most certainly be taking Oath of Love at level 3

@sinfulpapaya

1y↑242

Damn, imagine the captain of the guards in one of those little towns with a tight community, he is known by everyone, knows every corner, every shop and every shopkeeper, spends the time playing with kids in the streets and his love for the city blooms in an oath of love and when generic-evil-tm attacks and everything seems lost he intend to make his last stand but beside him everyday people rise their eyes and crude weapon glowing of the paladin's aura to defend everything they built togheter

@Drekromancer

1y↑15

I'm crying over this

@Th3M4k40n

1y↑33

One of my favorite Magic The Gathering cards "Champion of the Parish", not only has a great ability but his flavor text: "I stand for every cobbler, tanner, and fool in this town - and they stand for me."

@clayxros576

1y↑13

BBEG: Hold on, yall said there were no Paladins in this town

Captain: There aren't, only citizens.

BBEG: What does that even-
SMITE

@oliviaashleighkillion4873

This description gave me chills!

@thac0twenty377

1y↑1

I had that npc lol

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@WorldofChristian

51w

I created a Love Paladin over a year ago and was just using Oath of Devotion, but now I'm excited to swap him over to this subclass. Thanks Pointy Hat!

@StinkerTheFirst

I bookmarked "Vagabond's Guide to Dalriada" but now for the paladin comment;
Golden-retriever tank ^_^
That Fey Ancients Paladin is brilliant. It's perfectly in-line with the Oath and yet also very twisted. Great Fey flavor

@tibboocelot9272

1y↑6

Thank you so much for using so much Brienne footage this video. She's one of my favorite characters ever, and having her as background footage for the Oath of Love is absolutely perfect.

@trent3783

11w

Your art has always impressed me, I would love to see like a how to design visuals for your character video

@emanouelakr

literally made the build you discussed today before I saw your video! I think your idea is wonderful! In my build, I did choose to multiclass with a bard... it's called... a balladin. :D

@MrDegan2

1y↑446

I know its already a paladin spell, but would really consider adding ceremony to the oath spells for love, being able to hold a wedding at any moment thanks to it being auto preped just seems on flavour

@ttbrianm

1y↑33

I can see some comedic moments with that one. A party member is grappling with a goblin, the paladin does his ceremony and poof, they are now married to the goblin.

@M33f3r

1y↑28

@@ttbrianm Then have some divorce related debuff for added shenanigans

@ttbrianm

1y↑15

@@M33f3r And has to give the goblin half their gold as part of the divorce. Go goblin!

@moondaiandtrashpandadeluxe

Horny bards and paladins would hate that 😂

@RogueKnight24

1y↑3

"Ceremony", D&D 3.5

@krzlcve

19w

Woah I hadn’t realized all the illustrations were by you as well!!! That’s so impressive

@RealSaintB

49w↑1

You missed my favorite oath, Valor. Big damn hero, always, and he will take all his friends along for the ride.

I love paladins, in my play group I've been typecast to Paladin or Wizard because I excel at playing those two classes.

@ddfb494355

1y↑4

The anime character with a red hair, that appears in various clips is from "The Faraway Paladin" You're welcome.

@Jonasansu

33w

One of my favorite paladins I have seen was actually from late last year. Our DM both loves MTG and anime and wanted to do a mini campaign on the Kamigawa plane. I honestly can't blame her, it is a cool setting and was a great campaign. Her husband really wanted to play a paladin but could not figure out how to get it to work on the setting until I pointed out that the whole oath thing is kind of perfect for a samurai bushido type character (even though fighter has the samurai subclass). He ended up making an oath of the ancients paladin themed around a samurai serving the kami in this setting where nature is being more and more pushed to the fringes. It might have been the coolest paladin I have seen and really points to how fun the class can be when you stop type casting it as the knight in shining armor.

@pyron5277

1y↑1

The Paladin I’m currently playing is a Conquest Paladin who was forced to swear an oath of conquest by his father the king, throughout the campaign he eventually build up the courage with his party to defy his oath and fight back against his father as an Oathbreaker

@dragonriderabens9761

1y↑81

Fun fact:
If you multi class a paladin/Barbarian, you can smite while raging
Because smiting isn’t casting a spell

I think oath of vengeance mixes best with Barbarian

@HarPaelTheMessenger

34w↑8

I know I'm super late, but I actually have an Oath of Vengance Paladin with a single level dip into Barbarian! She's an angry little girl and- though I have never been able to get her high enough to where her backstory comes into play at the table- her entire character Arc is "when one seeks vengeance, one must dig two graves." She could either fulfill her vengeance by killing the people who killed her father (leaving her hollow and ultimately unfulfilled) or figuring out "Hey, the man my Papa worked for was actually kind of shit and I was a super sheltered child?" And turning her vengeance away that way.

@Arcko9

48w

I've always ruled as the forever DM in my group that paladins were alignment locked to the divinity or force that they followed/worshipped, ever since my first games of 3e. I adored the idea of a paladin of Lolth, committed to her barely ordered chaos, or a paladin of waukeen committed first and wholly the idea of free commerce. Lawful Good was a decision made by WotC and TSR for the purpose of public optics, but the world's in which we write and play are our own. Thank you for making this video, I'm glad that someone is willing to try and shine a light on this gem of an idea even if I'm not personally a fan of 5e. The paladins of the forgotten realms in my games of 3e will continue to embrace the purest demonstration of their beliefs, not the two little letters that the rules say should define them.

@matthewneuendorf5763

48w

Improved Divine Smite originally modified both basic attacks and the Divine Smite ability, applying the bonus 1d8 to each (so a net gain of 2d8 when using Divine Smite, or 4d8 on a critical Smite).

Oath of the Ancients is my favorite oath, though my interpretation focuses a lot more on the core oath statements rather than the appended explanations. I like to interpret the references to "light" as some ideal or exemplar that you're upholding rather than using the extremely specific nature-themed ancillary statements. I see all that stuff as more a suggestion than a rule.

I've got an Oath of the Inquisitor that focuses on uncovering corruption, carrying out interrogations, and making enemies vulnerable to spells and abilities. It was really fun in the play test campaign I ran it through.

@Jerusawoo

1y↑2

I AM SO GLAD THAT WE BOTH THOUGHT OF THE IDEA OF A LOVE PALADIN GODBLESS it truly is the perfect oath :)

@zoddlander

50w

Cool vid!
Here is what I played once!
I played a Human variant, dex focused paladin with oath of conquest, with magic initiate (warlock- eldritch blast, minor illusion, hex) and focused on using a sling(shot) and a dagger(switchblade) as his favorit weapons!
He was a young student in a magic school (think Hogwarts), and was a nimble athlete/acrobat, focusing on bringing down bullies that picked on the younger students, by any means necessary! It got to the point that he himself almost became the main bully of the school, even when following his oath of "conquering his enemy!", but managed to redeem himself in the end!
The RP was great! but it required a group that went along with that!

@murasakinebula4772

30w

I really liked the Eladrin character you described in the end. Now I'm more inclined on playing a Paladin.
I really like Eladrin and Feywild

@dragongal9714

1y↑89

With the idea of "They buff those they love around them" I immediately thought of a situation where the character tells the party about that, and then during a battle one player is getting really beat up and is all like "So you don't love me?!" and the character is like "I guess not?!"

@fumarc4501

18w

"we hated with an intensity reserved usually for love"
- The Lamenter Paladin

@meimeihughes

39w↑1

I love the concept of love for a paladin because I actually did something similar with a character from my character's backstory. My thrikreen rogue has the typical "dead wife" backstory, but then the DM wanted me to write more about his past so I gave the wife an entire story where she started as a fighter but took an oath to protect the village of thrikreen and became a paladin because monster paladin would be cool. But she saw the kindness that existed in my character and it moved her to become something greater than a warrior. She married him and encouraged him to carry his light to the world and change the view how the world saw their kind. After she was killed for being a monster he continued her wish but basically went into full survival mode which is how he became a rogue. It's a mushy bug romance where the trophy husband tries to see the world from his wife's point of view and I have been having so much fun with it.

@joncross8483

14w↑1

The Paladin strikes me as being the D&D equivalent of the Lanterns in DC Comics. The ones we know are the Green Lanterns, who are champions of Will. But there are a lot of different Lanterns, and each one takes an oath to a different emotional light.

@danielbauer5178

11w

I've never wanted to play a paladin, but now i think i have to just to see if i can find an interesting character concept.

Good video...i love the ideas that stray from the typecast stereotypes

@Th3Bazval

13w

my first paladin was an Oath of Vengeance Paladin/Draconic Heritage (Red) Sorcerer that used the Sorc spell slots to fuel his righteous Smiting. Also used Quicken Spell and Green Flame Blade/Booming Blade a lot. Was good fun.

@vinnie_451

1y↑142

I have an Oath of Devotion paladin but chose to make my devotion to family. She's a sweet middle-aged dwarf mom who decided to go adventuring like the heroes in her pulp novels after all the kids moved out. The party she met up with became part of her family during their harrowing escape from the under dark and that's how they benefit from her aura.

@WhatTheHell116

1y↑1

i had an oath of Devotion paladin as well. but my Secret worship to Vecna got figured out with a failed roll on Slight of hand when i was attempting to re-hide my Amulet of a Hand holding an Eye after our party got arrested because our monk decided to pick a fight. when the party first meet my character they didnt even question my Left hand being a prosthetic and having a fake eye. it was an interesting session for sure, instead of trying to break out all they wanted to do was interrogate me for half our session. All was forgiven when my Background False identity got us out of jail. but they didnt know part of why i joined the group was to lead them into a trap. This character replaced the one i played before that died while raiding an abandoned temple where a Cult of Vecna worshipers were gathering. Funny enough they didnt kill one of them. so when i talked to the DM, he let me turn that character into my new character for an interesting storyline.

@tomasvillafane2052

1y↑1

¿Devotion? All right take a heavy weapon (greatsword or a greataxe), use your channel divinity to add extra modifier to your attacks and combine it with greatweapon master.
The results won't disappoint you.

@Mae_Dastardly

49w

Vin diesel as a little old lady

@Flobbled

33w

❤❤The power of love❤❤
❤❤A force from above❤❤
❤❤Cleaning my soul❤❤
The Love-Paladin feels like a reverse Vengeance-Paladin and I love it.

@Zacarovs

40w

You're probably not gonna see this comment but I have to say: You are a genius. Your text is really fantastic, both technically and in humor. I play TTRPGs but not a fan of D&D specifically and I'm watching every single content you put out, just for the quality of your input and ideas and how fcking funny you are.
That varying intro gag is just perfect, it gets me every time!

@ivvy1221

NB: "The extra damage is 2d8 for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d8 for each spell level higher than 1st, to a maximuim of 5d8. The damage increases by 1d8 if the target is an undead or a fiend." (PHB 58) This means the maximum beneficial spell to expend is 4th-level, which provides 5d8 or 6d8 against fiends and undead. A 5th-level spell slot does not provide any benefits over a 4th-level when you smite. 5:40
Fun content, thanks for making it!

@Archangelglenn

35w

I remember when Smite Evil was an x number of times per day ability that didn't require spell slots. It also was a flat damage rate instead of just rolling more dice formthe sake of rolling dice. Oh yeah and you got your Wisdom modifer on thr attack roll as well. Ah good times those were.

@vroomdoom33

10w

My favourite Paladin I ever played was actually in 3.5. He was forgotten King of a kingdom that allowed the Dark Lord to move his undead army through his kingdom without a fight. As punishment the good of justice punished him but resurrecting him as an undead (zombie) and made everyone forget his name. He was tasked with correcting his failure with an oath of justice. His name was new name was Nossono (which is Nobody in Italian for proper edginess).

@michaeldiaz7004

Dude your stuff is just great and I can’t get enough, never stop

@gooserune6079

1y↑56

Batman's Two-Face is a great take on a Paladin, His Oath would be a total commitment to Fate (Or Chance depending on personal views of the coin flipping). I could see a Chance based Paladin dipping into wild magic, maybe a smite that punishes Constructs or highly armored creatures (it could be called Shattering Smite) or if one insists on alignment rules, lawful creatures.

@Drekromancer

1y↑2

I'm in love with this idea. Now I want to see more Alignment-bound Paladins with abilities that specifically target their enemies.

@nram3930

This is so good.
Maybe you get an oracle device (like a dice, or a coin) and your DM can force you to do a roll to choose what you're doing.
And you could definitely go for wild magic, but divination also has massive potential (maybe smite and force an enemies next roll to be something predetermined? Or buff an ally's roll. Of course getting overridden by nat 20/1 as that means that fate itself clearly had chosen the outcome, and who are you to intervene)

@igor_kossov

1y↑2

I actually played a chaotic neutral rogue like this once. He was not a sloppy guy, he was ideologically devoted to chaos and worshipped Tymora, goddess of luck. I played his alignment by flipping a coin with Tymora's visage on one side when I had to make a binary choice with narrative weight. I flipped one irl. It was fun but it killed him in the very last encounter in the campaign.

@Ferdziosz

1y↑3

@@igor_kossov Thats quite a poetic end if you ask me

@turb0fox308

32w

I have a tabaxi paladin named Beats of the Heart I made a while back specifically because I wanted to play with making a more chaotic aligned paladin and decided the Oath of Mercy fit him best out of the ones I saw available so I'm ecstatic about the Oath of Love cause it fits him so perfect!!

@OmgItsAlien

13w

It's been a long while on this vid, but I re-found it since I'll play a paladin in a coming campaign.
I made her a winged tiefling with horns and demon tail and clear Succubus-heritage (yeah I know, devils/demons, my DM allowed it for flavor) going for an Oath of Ancients, but focused heavily on the "protect and create beauty"-aspect and less the nature aspect.
Since we are playing in Faerun, she will (of course) be a Paladin of Sune.

I didn't remember the Oath of Love before, I'll take a look and might pitch it to my DM before we hit lvl 3 (starting at 1)

@RJMazz47

1y↑1

I started thinking of this concept recently, of a paladin whose abilities and spells are just being a GREAT, very specific type of fighter. And that is that of a general. His auras influence his allies because he's so inspiring, not necessarily by magic. His smite ability is just finding the right weakness and spot to apply his deadliest move to. Very Sun Tzu and Guan Yu inspired. I hope to get the opportunity someday.

@flogroslapin4686

1y↑1

Hello there ! Your concept remind me of Graven Ashe from the game Tyranny. Look at it, it could (perhaps) help you to develop your concept. Have a nice day.

@wainwrightroad6100

33w

Thanks, it's me again :) So my first character ever is a Tiefling Paladin Urchin and the two videos I've watched so far have really inspired. And cleared u pa few things, too. I'm saving both to my character millinote. I'll have to watch them a few more times learn more things cuz you talk fast. I tried to slow it down, but then you just sounded drunk LOL. Back to normal speed we go. Thanks again. I'll be back!

@OR3dPrints

I love playing Paladins and have always played one since AD&D. My last Paladin was a Dragon hunter a kit I built for hunting Dragons and I currently play a undead hunter. Still refining the kit with my DM.

@jq4767

1y↑28

Okay, but when you showed the elder form on that Fey Paladin I actually popped off in my chair that design KILLS! Amazing job, great video!

@lyravain6304

43w

Last I played a Paladin (for a bit, group fell apart because we had three rogues with Main Character Angst syndrome...) was a Devotion Paladin. He was such a nice dude as to spend his unspent spells to heal the random beggars on the streets. Despite having magical healing, he also had skills that helped him cure people.

Buuut he was also an Inquisitor of his order. Which meant that if fiends of any kind existed anywhere, he would run screaming at them, annihilate them and then do the same to whomever was dumb enough to so much as be tangentially linked to their summoning.

@richt.2966

I was already playing an oath of ancients paladin / fey patron warlock combo and loving it.

@digishade7583

1y↑1

I’d like to point out that the Oath of the Ancients paladin oath is actually up to a lot more interpretation than just being about beauty and happiness the official oath centers on the idea of a light that the oath taker protects, nurtures and does their best to embody. This means they’re not just locked into a certain way of thinking. For example I have a bugbear paladin of the ancients whose oath centers on potential, the ability to grow and improve and gain experience which the young embody so much. To that extent he does his best to protect others from experiencing the kind of loss he has experienced and seeks to in the future teach others how to protect themselves and their loved ones.

Light doesn’t have to mean beauty and happiness

@soulsmith5935

30w

Starting a campaign in less than a month, never thought I'd play a paladin, but the potential arc of Vengeance to Oath of Love, coming to realize their party has been there the whole tim through all the struggle, is alil too good to pass up

@lechedeslatte3141

I think at least some of my gripe with paladin is that there is only one path of deviation from their chosen path. I really like the idea of oath of love and a long time ago in 3.5 I had played a paladin that cared too much and was getting bogged down by political red tape. It was infuriating as a character and as a player but it led to my dm and I discussing a breakdown of the character making an oracle barbarian homebrew class. It's interesting to think on things like how we grow as people, and how that relates to our characters. But when you were talking about the vengeance paladin it made me think, well what happens to that character after they achieve their goals? do they shift to another purpose/oath, lose their powers, fade into nothing until something else irks them just right. I think with such defined concepts some of the paths in between might be fun to explore.

Thanks for your video, I enjoyed it 8)

@apeanders

1y↑36

Conquest paladin turned orphanage patron defies Gruumsh and his oath of laying waste to the hosts of Maglubiyet in favor of defending the kids. So he's broken his oath now, but... He's most definitely not an Oathbreaker. I've been wondering what his future career might look like for quite some time now. And now I know! Faaantastic job, as always! Can't tell you how much I appreciate your work.

@soninhodev7851

1y↑2

That reminds me of Cecil from FF IV, except, that girl had a mother, who... anyways he turns to Redemption, and the girl, turns out to be the parties Druid...

@riastlin2891

1y↑4

You can stay conquest. Just change your targets!

"I will bring ruination to anyone who attacks someone before their fated hour of conflict. I will shatter their bones to dust and spread it amongst the crops of the future.

One day a soul I spared will stand against me and in that moment, I'll see the fulfillment of my oath as their strength runs true."

And you basically chase after fights that are of equal or greater strength with the ability to put that aside to beat down those who only look for the weak.

@apeanders

@@riastlin2891 Absolutely! That was my original plan. Add a conflict of faith with the introduction of Ilmater, and explore the nuances between conquest as eradication and conquest as protection. But then again, this Oath Of Love looks sooo clear in concept, and sounds like a super fun device for directly incorporating said change of faith. Maybe *eventually*...

@rustyshackle8000

1y↑2

@maddfawkes

11w↑1

I never played DND except for once And didn't really understand it, but I was a paladin. Because my friends needed one I always lean towards Sorcerer or something like that. However, recently have been playing nay obsessing over boulders gate 3. And paladin is the way to go for me. I really enjoyed it.

@andrewkimball1856

50w

I played a conquest gem dragonborn paladin that I loved. The reasoning for their conquest was more of how they took to battle. And also the fact that they were part dragon, realizing that fear was an insanely powerful tool on the battlefield. Since I was a gem dragonborn (Emerald in case you're curious) they had psychic breath weapon attack. which is a chef kiss on top of the conquest theme.

@andrewkimball1856

50w

I ended up picking Zealot Barbarian instead of paladin for another character (basically didn't want to double up on classes already in the party), but I had the concept for a tavern brawler+unarmed fighting style paladin that would smite with their punches and bar stools. And that just made me happy.

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