Oath of Battle

Swear to the power of carnage and fight for your place in the multiverse.

Tenants of Battle

• Battle: You will seek out battle wherever you can find it. You will turn down no challenge, you shall admit no defeat.
• Rage: Never hide their emotions. Rage should be expressed and wielded until it is exhausted (if that is even possible) or there are no more targets to wield it against.
• Honor: Never fight without honor. All foes should be fought face to face without ranged weaponry or sorcery and given ample time to prepare themselves for the challenge before they begin.

• Followers of the Oath of Battle cannot use ranged weapons or non-paladin spells. Those that intentionally break this rule are considered to have broken their Paladin oath.

Oath Spells

You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath of the Hound Spells table. See the Sacred Oath class feature for how oath spells work.

Oath of Battle Spells

Paladin Level	Spells
3rd	mage armor, compelled duel
5th	detect magic, crown of madness
9th	crusader's mantle, dispel magic
13th	fire shield, freedom of movement
17th	circle of power, destructive wave

Channel Divinity

When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel Divinity options.

Warrior's Disdain: As an action, you call upon your oath  to oppose all those who fight dishonorably. A hostile creature you choose within 60ft of you must succeed a charisma saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, a creature has disadvantage on ranged attacks and spells, but gains advantage on melee attacks until the start of your next turn.

Divine Fury: As an action, you may call down the blessings of divine fury onto yourself and your allies. You and any willing friendly creatures within 30ft gain the benefits of a barbarian's Rage feature for 1 round, but cannot cast spells. After the round ends, all creatures affected receive -2 to attack rolls for 1 round.

Aura of Rage

At 7th level, you begin to radiate power and might. You cannot fully end this aura power, but you can control when it ebbs and flows. You have -1 to persuasion checks and +2 to intimidation checks, as your mere presence dissuades the cowardly.

As a bonus action once per day, you may cause your aura to flare up, enhancing its abilities for one minute. While your aura is empowered in this way you have disadvantage on all charisma checks except for intimidation. You also gain a +10 to intimidation as your powerful aura causes all those around you to reconsider their own strength in comparison. While your aura is empowered, any creature that can see you must make a charisma saving throw when they look at you for the first time. On a failed save, they become frightened of you. They can repeat this save at the start of each of their turns to attempt to end this effect.

Boiling Rage

At 15th level, your Aura of Rage evolves to its ultimate form. The effects of your empowered Aura of Rage replace the passive effects. Its active effect becomes "When your aura activates, you may force all creatures within 15ft to make a charisma saving throw. On a failed save, they will spend each of their turns moving towards the nearest creature and attacking them. Should multiple creatures be the same distance from them, they will prioritize creatures considered to be your enemy first. They can repeat this save at the start of each of their turns to attempt to end this effect."

Paragon of Combat

At 20th level, your fury has grown so powerful that it has become a force strong enough to oppose even the strongest of wills.

• You have advantage on saving throws against spell effects.
• Creatures attempting to use a spell on you have disadvantage on spell attacks.
• When a creature attempts to negate a paladin spell that you cast, restrict your movement with a spell, or knock you unconscious with an action or spell; you can use your reaction to force them to make a charisma saving throw. On a failed save, that action is negated. You can only use this ability once per day.