Oath of the Righteous

Oath of the Righteous is a commitment to All that is good and just in the world. Paladins who take this oath are fully committed to fighting for what is right While bringing down divine fury. Paladins of this oath train their minds and bodies to combat all that are evil and will not stand idly by when there is evil afoot. They will do whatever it takes to destroy evil with flaming justice. 

 

Tenets of Righteousness

• Judgement: You must exercise good judgement in accessing a situation, Do not jump to conclusions until you have all the facts
• Chastity: Keep your thoughts and actions pure in your judgement and relationships. Only in marriage may you have sexual relations
• Cleanliness: Keep your mind and body clean, You are forbidden from consuming alcohol or taking drugs that alter your mind or body unless it's properly sanctioned or a necessity. 
• Honesty: You must be clear and direct in your communications with others. You must not lie or deceive unless it's absolutely necessary. 

 

Channel Divinity

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

 

Blade of the Righteous: As a bonus action you can ignite one weapon you touch with holy flame For one minute. This weapon becomes magical if it is not already. When you hit a creature with this weapon you can do an additional D8 damage, the damage is either fire or radiant. This additional damage increases by 1D8  at 7th, 10th, 15th and 20th Level to a maximum of 5D8

 

Holy Fortitude: As a reaction when you take damage, you can use your channel divinity to gain temporary hit points equal to your paladin level  

Aura of Righteousness

Beginning at 7th level, Your Righteousness protects you and your allies. You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you gain resistance to all damage

At 18th Level this aura's range is 30 feet

Relentless Assault

Starting at 15th Level your attacks become ferocious. When you use the attack action you can immediately make an additional attack as a bonus action. 

Righteous Smiter

Starting at 20th Level You are burning with Righteous Indignation.  As a Bonus action you can ignite your body full of Divine Fury for 1 minute. You gain the following benefits for the duration

 

• Your Divine Smite feature has no maximum uses per attack. 
• Once per turn, when you use your Divine Smite feature you can add a smite spell to the attack as a free action, you still must expend a spell slot. 

Your Lay on hands feature can be used to harm an enemy dealing necrotic damage equal to the number of uses of your lay on hands. 

 

You can only use this ability once per long rest and cannot use it again until you complete a long rest