At higher levels, this paladin can move with opportunity attacks and, at their highest level, are able to fly. Wizards of the Coast recently unveiled the latest One D&D playtest update, with major changes to the Druid and Paladin classes. Пройдя долгий путь со времен предыдущих выпусков Dungeons & Dragons, класс паладинов, на самом деле, один из лучших классов в 5-м издании. Многие паладины преданы богам добра, но сила паладина происходит скорее от собственного стремления к справедливости, чем от божества. In this Paladin DnD 5E guide, we’ll train you on your options as a Paladin, as well as supportive choices you can make to build your character to achieve what you want.
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In a rare case for our supplementary character designs I went with a mono color and one that opposes our core color. This choice was very deliberate. With White being a color of collective responsibility and justice, while Black is instead the color of individualism and moral relativism. Where White places its purpose into the hands of a higher ideal, Black places its purpose solely with itself and its own desires. So in this way they shed their oath which bound them to a higher ideal, an ideal they found to be a lie and in this way cast their trust completely into their own hands.
Now of course the rejection came with a steep price, they now push back fully against everything that their previous oath stood for and have become something of a villain themselves. CONCLUSION Now that we have built a few characters lets discuss each of the colors and how they can be used in relation to the paladin, that way you can mix and match to create your own. Ah yes that thing I told you to abandon in place of the color pie, well it does have its uses and I think I can illustrate something by doing so. At the heart of every Paladin is the core alignment of Lawful, something you could hardly escape, because in many ways an oath is a law you have set to be the focus of your life.
Now of all of the colors there is one who applies to lawful the most, and that would be white. So just in the same way you would make your Paladin almost always lawful with some combination of good, neutral, or evil its the same with White. Place White at the heart of your paladin and then add colors on top of it to drive its motivation further. Speaking of other colors what about the one color missing in all of the examples so far, Blue.
In the case of the Blue paladin we would be talking about a more logical view of Justice rather than one based in morality. Its a logical path to a better world, something we talk about when discussing what values Blue and White share. Then we have Black. This color often will reject an oath in that an oath to uphold the ideals of someone else goes against Blacks wish to focus on ones own needs, it can have trouble doing things for others unless they truly believe in it themselves.
In another way Black can be used to add a layer of ruthlessness to a Paladin who does follow an oath and can have dire consequences, as their actions would be total and unwavering. The next color is one I could see you using pretty often for the Paladin and that is Red, as Red adds a level of fanaticism to any color it is paired with. The oath becomes more than the sum of its parts, it becomes a total identity in the presence of Red. Finally we have Green, a color of life and tradition when in the hands of the Paladin.
In a lot of ways you could take this color as the core to your paladin depending on their motivations and it would fit perfectly. The paladin of Green acts to uphold the traditions of the paladins who have come before them, as well as uphold a love of life.
А любое наказание должно быть соразмерно преступлению. Вы не палач, не судья, несмотря на то, что служите Справедливости. Ваша задача ее восстановить и не дать совершиться еще большему злу. Помните, что все ограничения, которые налагает на вас ваше высокое звание, призваны не ослабить вас, а дать силы противостоять Злу. Кодекс Чести и Милосердие не дадут превратиться в бездушного хладнокровного убийцу, чувство Справедливости не даст вам сбиться с истинного пути. Даже более приземленные вещи вполне логичны и обоснованы. Ограничение в спиртных напитках? Будучи в подпитии вы можете совершить неподобающий поступок, или просто не суметь совладать с опытным врагом.
Ограничение в азартных играх и обязательные пожертвования? Даже если не брать в рассмотрение моральный аспект данного положения, то следует помнить, что Деньги не должны владеть вами, меньше денег — меньше проблем. Представьте, если вы проиграетесь в кости, а адепт Зла использует это против вас. И так далее и тому подобное. Принцип «меньшего зла» совершенно неприменим для паладина. Спасение целого мира не стоит слезинки одного ребенка. У паладина не может быть никаких сделок с совестью или Злом «Меня зовут Амодеус, и я помогу тебе, храбрый рыцарь замочить моего конкуре…то есть подлого демона! А самый худший грех для паладина — это первый из грехов, Гордыня. Нет ничего страшнее, чем возгордившийся паладин. Это самый верный путь к падению.
О падших паладинах… А что толку говорить о слабовольных людях, которые не в силах исполнить свой долг, невзирая на собственные желания и амбиции? Они могут называть свои деяния «освобождением от оков» и прочей чушью, но это слабость. Сила — это свернуть с темного пути вседозволенности, слабость — свернуть со светлой дороги долга. Но наступают и такие моменты, когда нет места лишним сомненьям. Когда от вас зависят жизни других. Когда вы столкнетесь с настоящим Злом, Злом с большой буквы. Пусть не дрогнут в этот миг ни ваши руки, сжимающие меч, ни сердце, пробуждающее праведный гнев. Тогда остается лишь две вещи. Верить и сражаться. Путь паладина действительно похож на меч, как говорилось в эпиграфе.
Это очень прямой, но узкий и болезненный путь.
Когда вы делаете атаку любым из вышеупомянутых видов оружия, вы можете использовать свое бонусное действие, чтобы сделать еще одну атаку другим концом оружия. Кроме того, любой, кто окажется в пределах вашей досягаемости, теперь провоцирует атаку возможности. Это огромное преимущество для вас, и оно становится еще большим в паре с подвигом Стража. С Polearm Master вы получаете увеличенную дальность атаки. С Часовым любое существо, по которому вы попали случайной атакой, теряет скорость до 0 до конца своего хода. Кроме того, существа, находящиеся в пределах вашей досягаемости, провоцируют атаку по возможности, даже если они совершили действие Disengage. Sentinel дает вам возможность атаковать оружием ближнего боя существо, находящееся в пределах вашей досягаемости, даже если оно атакует не вас. Вы можете получить отвратительный с вашим Divine Smite теперь, когда ваши слоты заклинаний могут перезаряжаться во время короткого отдыха, и у вас есть приличная сила дальних атак с Eldritch Blast. Кроме того, подумайте о ролевых возможностях.
Стал ли ваш бог вашим покровителем? Всегда ли ваш бог был вашим покровителем? Вы посвятили себя двум разным существам или отказались от своего бога ради чего-то более могущественного? Чего-то, что внушает еще больший страх, чем божество? Если вы поступите в Коллегию знаний, то сможете получить множество дополнительных заклинаний, но не начинайте изучать этот мультикласс, пока не убедитесь, что у вас есть все, что вы хотите от паладина. Хотя барды — это круто, вы упустите много классных вещей, если станете мультиклассом раньше, чем будете готовы. У этого билда есть несколько классных возможностей для ролевой игры.
At low levels, this will make you extremely difficult to hit with 21-23AC if you can get full plate but tends to mean you do less damage during combat. Holy Warrior Good for: Dealing high damage, still reasonably durable and very much a frontline combatant Creating a warrior: High strength for melee weapons , high constitution, heavy armor to increase AC full plate if you can afford it. Two-handed weapons are best with the great weapon fighting style but if you opt for a sword and shield which is statistically a better build then the dueling fighting style can help compensate for some of the lost damage output. Use your spell slots on smites to maximise your damage output. How it works: holy warrior builds are also great at wading into combat, and while they can definitely soak up a fair bit of damage, will lack the AC of a tank build to absorb as many attacks. Instead, you can focus on thinning the herd in an attack is the best form of defence kind of method. Your best options for damage dealing are a two handed weapon with the great weapon fighting style or a one handed weapon, shield and the dueling fighting style which works while holding a shield and allows you to take a hybrid approach to damage and defense. Protector Good for: A variation of the tank so great for soaking up attacks, but works closely with allies to protect them from danger. Creating a protector: High strength for melee weapons , high constitution, heavy armor to increase AC full plate if you can afford it. You can take spells like heroism and bless to enhance your allies bless is usually the better option, but heroism is good if you expect to face a frightening enemy and compelled duel to prevent others being attacked. How it works: Tactically, the protector build is the hardest to make work. Interception will be used a little less than the other fighting styles making them technically inferior though not bad. Use your auras to protect allies from conditions, again, staying close to allies. Which subclass should I choose? Oaths tend to form a large part of the ideals for your paladin, so a paladin seeking to make restitution for past crimes might take the oath of redemption while paladins seeking to exact righteous judgement on their foes might take the oath of vengeance. Oath of Devotion Description: Holy warriors, devoted to their cause. Good for: Archetypal paladins with a broad mix of abilities. Oath of the Ancients Description: Paladins that seek to wage war against darkness for a love of light and life. Good for: Paladins that want to be a bit more like a ranger. Good for: Paladins that want to exact as much damage as possible, as quickly as possible. Good for: Paladins that have broken their oaths. Good for: Paladins that want to go big on protecting their allies. Oath of Conquest Description: A paladin sworn to conquer and bring about victory. Good for: Paladins that want to deal more damage and handle crowds better.
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Purity of Spirit: Protection from Evil and Good is an amazing defensive buff, and having it permanently running without needing to concentrate is spectacular. This also keeps pesky minions off your back, allowing you to save your weapon attacks for the main villain. Unlike the other Sacred Oaths, this one grants abilities that can most easily be used to prevent or end encounters and promote diplomatic avenues. This sacred oath requires you to max out your Charisma as soon as possible, in order to make the best use of your Charisma-based skills and spellcasting, all of which relies on your targets failing the spell save DC.
Oath Spells: Your spells are all excellent and on theme. Calm emotions is a strong area of effect spell, but only works situationally. They give you great resilience.
Wall of force is the best wall spell in the game. Channel Divinity: Both options are easy to use and commonly activated. Rebuke the Violent: Great to use against enemy casters, or big monsters who hit hard.
Did they just hurt you? Make them feel your pain. Aura of the Guardian: Being able to soak up damage lets you tank at short range.
In case one of your squishier party members accidentally gets hurt, you can soak it for them. Protective Spirit: This makes Aura of the Guardian safer to use and helps keep you alive. Emissary of Redemption: By being a punching bag, you can take no actions and kill something.
Oath of the Ancients Ah, the Nature Paladin. Oath of the Ancients shares a lot of abilities with both Rangers and Druids. It includes abilities that restrain and hinder movement of enemies, which gives you a great degree of battlefield control.
Misty Step is a great spell that solves a lot of mobility problems including pits, difficult terrain, walls, and enemies. Protection From Energy is a mandatory spell for any adventurer going after dragons, elementals, or any higher level caster. Stone Skin is a good buff, but it has an expensive material component.
Given that you learn it at 13th-level, many enemies you encounter will have magic attacks. Channel Divinity: Two options that give you decent battlefield control. Aura of Warding: Resistance to spell damage turns you into a safe haven from enemy spellcasters.
You are provided with several abilities to single out foes and taunt them into attacking you over your weaker, more vulnerable allies. Additionally, you are afforded ways to take damage that would otherwise be dealt to your friends and use your large pool of hit points and healing options to soak up damage instead. This gives your healer a more efficient turn, where they only have to heal you with a single spell, rather than taking multiple turns to spread it around.
Oath Spells: Crown spells are a mix of useful and useless spells. Some of these spells are going to be used constantly, others are going to be converted into smites. Command is somewhat less useful.
Warding Bond is a great way to ensure a squishy character stays alive, shunting damage they would take to you instead. Zone of Truth is very situational. Spirit Guardians a strong effect, but useless on ranged foes unless you spend your time chasing them around.
Guardian of Faith is one of the best area control options available to you. Geas is usually less useful than killing something outright, but plays into your good-alignment sensibilities, and grants you some depth and could ultimately add a fun twist to the plot. Champion Challenge: Taunt effects are rare in 5e, and this one hits a wide area.
Turn the Tide: A small amount of AoE healing is great in combination with your Lay on Hands ability, giving you even more utility as a support character. Divine Allegiance: Another way to redirect damage to yourself, giving your healing a single target. Exalted Champion: Unlike most other Paladin Oath capstone abilities, this one lasts for 1 hour instead of 1 minute.
While less overtly powerful offensively, you gain a great defensive buff that extends to your allies, keeping everyone in it until the end, while making your whole team exceptionally difficult to kill. It provides you all the skillsof a great athlete and allows you to excel in combat. This Oath emphasizes your physical attributes while downplaying your spellcasting and diplomatic skills.
Peerless Athlete: Activating this as a bonus action is a huge asset, you can pop it before trying to make a shove against an enemy. Inspiring Smite: Healing on demand for yourself and others. The radius increase at 18th level is nice, but again, too little too late.
Glorious Defense: This is a really solid defensive ability. Use a reach weapon, profit. The fact that it only lasts for one minute means you need to use it wisely.
Oath of Vengeance This Paladin build is the most offensive, attack-focused style of play, and will maximize the damage you deal while leaving healing and support primarily to the Cleric. It does well in tandem with another melee character to grans flanking bonuses, or a battlefield control caster to funnel enemies towards the pointy end. Dimension Door is just a longer- range Misty Step.
Scrying is situational. Channel Divinity: One bad option and one perfect option make your choice on which to use easy. This is the bad option.
Vow of Enmity: Here we go! Starting a boss fight? You have advantage against him.
Relentless Avenger: Slower enemies will have a hard time getting away from you. Consider taking Polearm Master to further increase your threat radius and keep chasing them down. Soul of Vengeance: An extra attack each round against your target of Vow of Enmity greatly increases your damage output.
Avenging Angel: Flight for an hour a day is pretty rad. The fear aura will hold lesser foes at bay while you take on the big bad, preventing you from being swarmed. All the abilities are great, but only apply in certain situations.
If your campaign setting calls for it, this is one of the strongest paladin subclasses. However, in a vacuum when compared to the others, it underperforms. Oath Spells: A wide variety of spells that are mostly situational or overlap with other party roles.
Ahead of a fight with casters, this is a solid buff, but otherwise it wastes an action you would otherwise use smiting. Abjure the Extraplanar: Situational.
Paladin 5e spells Although most at home in the thick of battle, swinging a greatsword and relying on thick plate armor to glance incoming blows, Paladins have a powerful spell list open to them. The rapid growth of spell slots that Paladins gain as they level makes them formidable defensive spellcasters, that can challenge the utility of any half-baked Cleric. When picking spells, bear two things in mind: Concentration and Charisma.
Your Cha modifier dictates how many spells you may prepare after each long rest and, in several cases, their effectiveness. As for picking spells, Paladins have it easy. Use this freedom to experiment with the many options available, and test out creative combinations. Find Steed Level: Two Summon a loyal animal to fight by your side, whether a horse, mastiff, camel, or anything else you can wrangle out of your DM. Anything you summon will stick around until it drops to zero HP.
Revivify Level: Three A classic. Destructive Wave Level: Five Create a burst of divine energy that deals 5d6 damage, plus 5d6 radiant or necrotic damage, to every creature 30 feet in front of you that fails on a Con saving throw. Its potential to impair whole swathes of enemies is remarkable in itself, but particularly useful for Paladins that struggle with area-of-effect attacks. These are the worst Paladin spells, which are best avoided: Purify Food and Drink Level: One Remove poison and disease from any non-magical drink or foodstuff. Prepare this if you know a dark dungeon lies ahead.
Otherwise, leave it alone. Dragonborn two-hander tank A classic build that offers all the Paladin quirks in a simple but effective package. Become the tank of your party, soaking up hits, protecting squishier companions, and taking the Oath of the Crown to gain a generous slew of party buffs and defensive abilities.
Warlocks regain all spell slots during a short rest.
The strategy: As often as possible, utilize Divine Smite on hits to increase melee power - which can be then replenished during a short rest. The weakness: Although few monsters are resistant to radiant, this build focuses on radiant damage. Explore alternative damage sources for backup. This build is mainly suited for single target damage, facing multiple enemies can pose a problem.
However, the damage for each Divine Smite increases as the Warlock levels since the effective spell level increases - cappng at 5d8 radiant damage at Warlock level 9.
Forest: Not useful for Paladin. Rock: Not useful for Paladin. GoblinVGtM: A hilarious choice, your movement and Fury of the Small can be useful, but other races are generally better. Half-Elf: The best overall choice for Paladin, and a great choice for any class at all. Charisma, and your choice of two others but make them Strength and Constitution Standard: Two free skills! If you really want Booming Blade or Green Flame Blade, go with the feat so you at least get a 1st level spell out of it as well. Half-Orc: Good stat increases, speed, and a skill. Stout: Extra durability in a small frame. Human: Humans are a very versatile race that work well in any class.
Variant: You can still increase your main stats, and you have an option to pick up a feat at first level. OrcVGtM: Half-orc is strictly better. And the Eberron variant is the better use of the Orc race. TabaxiVGtM: feline agility functions even in heavy armor, so this race is actually viable for Paladin. Some of the subraces add even more. Standard: The basic Tiefling grants abilities that help out, but some other variants are better. LevistusMToF: The spells are very useful, but this subrace causes you to miss out on key ability score buffs. ZarielMToF: Good ability score increases, spells, and extra smites. TritonVGtM:Perfect ability score spread, spellcasting, and resistance. Two skills, and disguise.
Beasthide: Strength and Constitution, and a free skill. The temporary hit points you gain while shifting are a great perk as well. Longtooth: A less favorable ability score increase, but the extra attack granted by your shifting more than makes up for it. Swiftstride: Not useful for Paladin. Wildhunt: Not useful for Paladin. Strength, a flexible ability score increase, natural armor, AC bonus, and the vigilance to keep watch over a sleeping party. Totally flexible, and lots of great options. Class Features Hit Dice: d10 hit points put you at the top of the hit point game. Weapon Proficiencies: All weapons. The best kind.
Armor Proficiencies: All armor and shields. Tool Proficiencies: None. Lay On Hands: This is the most efficient healing ability in the game. Fighting Style: Paladins get a smaller list of fighting styles than Fighters do, but there are still solid options on the list. The reroll does not apply to Smite damage dice, making it less useful. If you plan on using two-handed weapons, pick Defense instead to compensate for your lack of a shield. Protection: Tempting, but it only works with adjacent allies. Spellcasting: Paladin spellcasting is a nice mix of defensive buffs and healing. Your Smite spells are unique to your class, and powerful options for your swordsmanship. Burning spell slots on your Divine Smite is also a great use of spells.
Using the Smite spells, such as Searing Smite, Thunderous Smite, and Wrathful Smite can do decent damage with helpful additional effects which may be more situationally useful than the small amount of extra damage that Divine Smite provides. Extra Attack: A second attack doubles your damage output. Cleansing Touch: A great way to un-curse your allies without using a spell slot. The abilities granted are a mix of crowd control options and strong offensive options. Oath Spells: Most of the spells on this list require a save by the target, so upping your Charisma is mandatory if you plan on using them to their best effect. Hold Person will be unreliable unless you have a really strong Charisma. This might be the level reserved for smites. Dominate beast suffers from the same DC dependence as the previous. Channel Divinity: Both options are excellent. Guided Strike: This is a really great ability that ensures you hit with an attack, which means you get to smite.
Aura of Conquest: You have two ways to cause fear, your channel divinity and the fear spell, both of which require a save DC. If you needed a reason to increase your Charisma, this is it. The ability to lock down terrified enemies can end an encounter or prevent a squad of minions from moving. Scornful Rebuke: Cast Compel Duel on an enemy, and then watch them kill themselves. More hits coming in means more damage going out. Invincible Conqueror: For 1 minute per day you become an absolute wrecking ball. Oath of Devotion This is the most typical version of a Paladin. It provides a mix of abilities that are intuitive and have a good degree of synergy. Protection from Evil and Good is a very strong buff, especially when used to prevent or control possession and charm effects at low levels, when your party is particularly susceptible to them. Guardian of Faith is a very strong area control spell.
Commune is tricky to use well. Channel Divinity: Two useful options that feel very…paladin-y. Sacred Weapon: Granting yourself a magic weapon for a minute is very useful at low levels, but chances are any magic weapons you find over time will outclass this eventually. Turn the Unholy: Adding turning undead and fiends to your list of abilities is useful for dealing with crowds of monsters. Purity of Spirit: Protection from Evil and Good is an amazing defensive buff, and having it permanently running without needing to concentrate is spectacular. This also keeps pesky minions off your back, allowing you to save your weapon attacks for the main villain. Unlike the other Sacred Oaths, this one grants abilities that can most easily be used to prevent or end encounters and promote diplomatic avenues. This sacred oath requires you to max out your Charisma as soon as possible, in order to make the best use of your Charisma-based skills and spellcasting, all of which relies on your targets failing the spell save DC. Oath Spells: Your spells are all excellent and on theme. Calm emotions is a strong area of effect spell, but only works situationally.
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Некоторые персонажи этого класса не считают себя настоящими паладинами до того как они получат 3-м уровень и не дадут эту клятву. Paladin Armor, Half Elf Dnd, Dnd Elves, Medieval Fantasy, Dnd Paladin, Fantasy Clothing. dnd 5e paladin handbook. Многие паладины преданы богам добра, но сила паладина происходит скорее от собственного стремления к справедливости, чем от божества.
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In this Paladin 5E guide, we’ll stick to the core aspects of Paladins, their role, abilities, spells and answer all of your questions about this class. Паладин — класс которого не было в самой первой редакции D&D. Появился он только в дополнении, как вариант развития законопослушного воина. Классы. Фильтр. The Dragonborn Paladin is an iconic class and race combination in DnD 5e. We take a look at why it's so good, and how to build it yourself. Некоторые персонажи этого класса не считают себя настоящими паладинами до того как они получат 3-м уровень и не дадут эту клятву.
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Особенности и способности нового класса D&D Paladin. Ключевые изменения Паладина в этом игровом тесте — это прежде всего переработка и изменение существующего материала, в том числе найденного в предыдущих материалах Unearthed Arcana. Если паладин не является вашим начальным классом, вот владения, которые вы приобретаете, когда берете свой первый уровень паладина: лёгкие доспехи, средние доспехи, щиты, простое оружие, воинское оружие. Многие паладины преданы богам добра, но сила паладина происходит скорее от собственного стремления к справедливости, чем от божества. Главная» Новости» Paladin dnd.
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As far as weapons and armor go, you have some options. You could go with a great weapon such as a greatsword or greataxe or, and this is what I recommend, you could use a scimitar of speed. This stands to give you three attacks per turn as early as 5th level. What the Damage Dealer build excels in: Putting damage downrange Eliminating dangerous foes more quickly Relentless Avenger and Vow of Enmity work together to keep the enemy in range while giving you advantage on attack rolls Battlefield movement.
This guide treats Paladin as a Charisma primary class rather than Strength for the purpose of enhancing the strong points of Paladin, an approach encouraged for all Paladins. Background Sailor Skills — Intimidation, Perception. Perception is the most used skill in the game and important to every character. Athletics from Sailor we already have, and can thus replace with any other skill. This is situational, but being able to secure free passage on a ship can be a boon in some campaigns. A magic weapon. This is likely out of your control, but for this build, a magic spear or quarterstaff would be ideal. If you find a magic halberd or glaive, you can work with those too. Some monsters have resistance or immunity to non-magical weapon attacks, and being able to bypass that resistance with your attacks is important.
Level 1 Strategy In combat, we want to be attacking twice with our glaive while wearing our chain mail. Whenever an enemy enters our reach which will be 10 feet at this point , take the free opportunity attack. Save Lay on Hands for between combat healing unless an ally has gone down, in which case you should give them one point of healing. Level 2 Paladin Fighting Style — Dueling. Note: Your reach is now 5 feet. Note that Divine Smite specifically says you deal the damage when you hit a creature, so it will never be wasted on a miss, and if you score a critical hit, you can choose to use a Divine Smite on that hit and double the damage.
Tank First on my list is the Tank. Examples of Tanks in pop culture would be the Hulk, Superman, and the Juggernaut. Tanks can be damage dealers as well but their main focus is to absorb damage so that other archetypes like skirmishers or glass cannons can do their thing without getting clobbered before they get to do anything. These work together in order to grant resistance to all incoming non magical damage, make sure that any ranged attacks made in your general direction target you instead of allies, and increase your hit point maximum.
All of these are synergistically adding up to keeping you, and consequently your allies, in the fight longer.
Check out the list of Paladin Spells. By expending a 1st level spell slot they can add 2d8 Radiant damage to their attack.
There is a cap of 5d8 and if the target is a fiend or undead it gets an additional 1d8. Divine Health Level: 3 — Paladins are immune to disease. They now make a full oath and join their sacred order.
This is the subclass for the Paladin. Ability Score Improvement GameCows Ranking: 2 Like most of the other classes, Paladins get 2 points to add to any of their ability scores max 20. This happens at levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 19th level.
Level: 18 — The range increases to 30ft.
Paladin Handbook: DnD 5th Edition Class Guide – RPGBOT
Game Mechanics: Possibly the most tank-like Paladin, this class has the ability to prevent enemies from moving away from them, healing their allies, and taking damage that would otherwise hurt their friends. At later levels, they have an advantage to being paralyze or stunned, and gain a significant amount of saving throw advantages at their highest level. Play-style: You like to play someone who can lead: someone who will seek the truth and room for peace between people. In combat, you like to think of the strengths and weaknesses of your entire team as a whole rather than the individual. Conquering others is easy if they already defeat themselves with despair.
This paladin lives for the subjugation of their enemies. Game Mechanics: Heavy concentration on frightening opponents, with the choice to sometimes ensure a single hit gets a massive attack bonus. Additional spells revolve around manipulating others. When the opponents will resists your fright, you want to have a wealth of tools to play with their resilience.
If the intimidation skill is the first thing that intrigues you in this game, then you should be picking this oath. Advertisements Oath of Redemption XG Ogier the Dane — French Folklore Theme: Deceptively peaceful, the redemption paladin has the ability to completely shut down violence confrontations, either by magical coercion or sheer strength. Game Mechanics: Various utility spells assist in stopping combat abilities. This paladin gets the ability to have a long period of time with charisma bonuses.
But, if it comes to combat, they can take the damage dealt by their opponents and deal it right back at them. At later levels, you will be able to take damage intended for your allies, heal yourself at every turn, and ultimately have resistance to all damage. Play-style: A stark contrast from the paladin of conquest, you enjoy the diplomacy and interrogation of others. To you, violence and physical confrontation means failure.
Javelin: Likely your go-to ranged option. Rapier: Go-to option for finesse builds. Paladin Armor Chain Mail: Starting armor. Studded Leather: Armor for finesse builds. For more on multiclassing, see our Practical Guide to Multiclassing.
If you do go this route, consider starting with a level of fighter to get proficiency in Constitution saving throws. It will advance your spellcasting twice as fast as Paladin levels, and a single level gets you cantrips and access to the 1st-level abilities of a sorcerous origin. Warlock: A common, popular, and effective option. Though other patrons have plenty to offer, Hexblade is simply too good to pass up. First, the sword glows almost as brightly as a torch, allowing you to see in dark places without devoting a hand to a torch and without asking your allies to cast light or something.
Second, and more important, it allows you to overcome damage resistance to non-magic attacks. Resistances like this are common as you gain levels, and the Moon-Touched Sword is an inexpensive way to overcome them until a better weapon comes along. The actual magic stuff is amusing, but probably not important. Most melee fighters will prefer a Moon-Touched Sword, but for polearm masters this is your best bet at this rarity. Uncommon Magic Items Adamantine Armor DMG : Curiously, due to the insanely high price of full plate and the inconsistent price of magic items, adamantine full plate can often be less expensive than regular full plate.
Boomerang Shield BoMT : An interesting solution to range weaponry, providing the benefits of a returning weapon while also providing the benefit of a shield. If you dumped Strength to 8, going straight to 19 can be helpful. Guardian Emblem : This can prevent a ton of damage to your party. Lantern of Revealing DMG : An excellent counter to invisible enemies for a class without a built-in way to handle them. Mistral Mantle GotG : Cold resistance and you can knock an enemy prone just my moving near them.
Make sure you take proficiency in Perception if you can manage it without sacrificbing a Face skill. Nothing fancy, but very effective.
Personality: Elyssa has a strong sense of duty and justice that she strives to uphold in herself and others. She lives by the law and believes in the power of the law to bring peace and order to Grabisco. Her sense of humor is often dry and sarcastic, earning her a reputation as a tough customer. This is especially true when it comes to criminals. Appearance: With strawberry blonde hair and matching eyes, Elyssa is a beautiful young woman. She forgoes armor in favor of the leather armor worn by the militia of Kreston.
She spent years searching for the perpetrators and avenging her family and village, but she never found them. Now she is searching for a new place to call home and have a chance to rebuild her life. He was like a lion or tiger, and he had a fearless sense of adventure. When he was old and frail, he taught his daughter everything he knew about fighting and hunting, hoping she would continue the family legacy after he passed away. She chose a different path, however, joining the clerics in Yorebridge. Zaela trained under the Lord Marshall of the Grabisco Army. She learned at an early age that her people halflings were not as popular as humans or elves. She trained hard and became a powerful cleric-warrior, and was the only halfling to become a Lord Marshall.
Zaela eventually took over the role as leader of the clerics in Yorebridge and the surrounding area. With the attack by the dragon, Gulo, Zaela has been called upon once again to protect her people. The Green Dragon Gulo was born many years ago. With a head as big as a horse, and a huge wingspan, he was the biggest dragon in the land. He was very cunning and powerful. People feared him. He liked to drink the blood of humans and halflings, and enjoyed destroying small farms and villages in the countryside. He was not above eating a dog or chicken, either.
His size was intimidating, and he was tough to defeat! The elves were the first to come up with a plan to defeat the dragon Gulo. They called on a group of human warriors called the Red Dragons. Zaela, serving as a Lord Marshall, led the army into battle with Gulo. That battle was the bloodiest and most difficult battle Zaela had ever been involved in. Gulo had been ready for them, however.
Face skills: Paladins rely a lot on charisma which inadvertently makes them a great face for the party. Despite their versatility, they do in fact have weaknesses: Stealth: Paladins generally need to invest in strength, constitution and charisma leaving little else for other abilities like dexterity. You armor proficiency will sort this out. You can swap out strength for dexterity and go for finesse weapons, but this is a little harder to balance, especially with so many ability scores to optimise and when armor is so easy to up your AC instead. This makes you poor at sneaking about in your clunky armor unless you take it off and go in unprotected. Ranged combat: Similarly, without a high dexterity, paladins tend to be poor at ranged combat. There are some weapons with the thrown property which are your best options here. Paladin spells generally enhance rather than form a full attack like a fireball. How to play as a paladin Paladins are widely considered one of the stronger classes. They are tough with lots of HP, access to all armour types for high AC and spells that can enhance this too , deal lots of damage especially when paired with smites and can heal. Because of this, paladins tend to work best in the thick of melee combat. Despite this, there are a few ways to approach combat with a paladin that you can use depending on the style of play you want to use: Tank Good for: Soaking up damage, dealing melee damage, protecting less durable party members. Creating a tank: High strength for melee weapons , high constitution, heavy armor to increase AC full plate if you can afford it , take a shield too. Focus on spells and fighting styles that will help you last longer in combat like shield of faith and defense. At low levels, this will make you extremely difficult to hit with 21-23AC if you can get full plate but tends to mean you do less damage during combat. Holy Warrior Good for: Dealing high damage, still reasonably durable and very much a frontline combatant Creating a warrior: High strength for melee weapons , high constitution, heavy armor to increase AC full plate if you can afford it. Two-handed weapons are best with the great weapon fighting style but if you opt for a sword and shield which is statistically a better build then the dueling fighting style can help compensate for some of the lost damage output. Use your spell slots on smites to maximise your damage output. How it works: holy warrior builds are also great at wading into combat, and while they can definitely soak up a fair bit of damage, will lack the AC of a tank build to absorb as many attacks. Instead, you can focus on thinning the herd in an attack is the best form of defence kind of method. Your best options for damage dealing are a two handed weapon with the great weapon fighting style or a one handed weapon, shield and the dueling fighting style which works while holding a shield and allows you to take a hybrid approach to damage and defense. Protector Good for: A variation of the tank so great for soaking up attacks, but works closely with allies to protect them from danger. Creating a protector: High strength for melee weapons , high constitution, heavy armor to increase AC full plate if you can afford it. You can take spells like heroism and bless to enhance your allies bless is usually the better option, but heroism is good if you expect to face a frightening enemy and compelled duel to prevent others being attacked.