Oath of the Crown

Oath of the Crown is an upcoming subclass of Paladin. It is planned to be released as part of Patch 8 in 2025.

Subclass features

Paladin's default armour

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

Level 1

A paladin must follow their sworn oaths or lose their divine power. For more details, see Oaths and Oathbreaking.

 Oath of the Crown Tenets

Here is the full text of the Oath of the Ancients. For more details, see Oaths and Oathbreaking.

“

Law. Uphold civilisation and order.

Loyalty. Your word is your bond; without loyalty, oaths and laws are meaningless.

Responsibility. Deal with the consequences of your actions, and fulfil your duties and obligations.

„

Righteous Clarity Righteous Clarity (+ )

Target yourself or an ally to additionally grant the target's proficiency bonus to their Attack rolls.

Level 3

Champion Challenge Champion Challenge (+ )

Challenge the enemies around you, compelling them to attack only you. Any attacks they might make against other targets have Disadvantage.

Turn the Tide Turn the Tide (+ )

Shout out and heal all nearby non-enemy creatures.

Oath Spells

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

•  Command
•  Compelled Duel 

Level 5

Oath Spells

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

•  Warding Bond
•  Spiritual Weapon

Level 7

Divine Allegiance

When an ally within 1.5 m / 5 ft of you takes damage, you can use your Reaction to magically substitute your own health for your ally's, taking the damage instead of them.

Level 9

Oath Spells

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

•  Spirit Guardians 
•  Crusader's Mantle 

Oathbreaking actions

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Generally - evading being arrested once caught or refusing to be interrogated

Act 1:

• Betray the Myconid Sovereign - Avenge Glut's Circle
• Letting Sazza get killed while imprisoned (in dialog) OR helping her escape - Save the Goblin Sazza
• Players betrays tieflings during attack on Den and side with Minthara
• Players betrays Minthara during attack on Den after promising to help her
• Letting Auntie Ethel go free (Hag Hair)
• Steal the Githyanki egg instead of persuading its caretaker - Steal a Githyanki egg

Act 2:

• Betraying Last Light by greeing to help Zrell kidnap Isobel
• If the mission to kill Ketheric was given before kidnapping Isobel, then kidnapping her, it will break the paladins' oath.
• Siding with Marcus
• Betraying Ketheric - agreed to help bringing Nightsong but not doing so - by Killing Nightsong, Freeing Nightsong, Betraying Balthazar

Act 3:

• Siding with Gortash, then betraying him when speaking with Orin.
• Siding with Orin, then betraying her when speaking with Gortash.
• Promising to Jaheira they will help find Minsc, and then killing him