I am not a new player nor an experienced one I play dnd at least one a weak and I am in two campaigns one of them I am em the other I am player
i am trying to become and oath-breaker paladin and have done some research and understand I need to become a fallen paladin first by murdering an innocent person in a campaign but I don’t know if or how dnd beyond can pick up on the fact I killed someone in a campaign or how to input it.
First, the answer to this is, ask your DM. Oathbreakers are an optional subclass that may not even exist in that world. If they do, it will be up to them to figure out how you’ll do it.
I don’t know who told you it involved murder, but that’s, at best, a partial truth. You have to break your oath. So step one (after the DM talk) is get to level 3, so you have an oath. Then, at some point, break it. That could involve a murder, depending on your oath. But honestly, there’s quite a few that a murder wouldn’t necessarily matter. There’s suggestions for tenets in each subclass description, which should give you some ideas for things you’re supposed to do. Then, you just don’t do them, and ta-da, oathbreaker.
Just be warned, oathbreakers usually don’t work well for PCs. Most of their powers can actively assist some of the monsters you might end up fighting.
I have done a bit more research and have realised murder is not necessary thank you to bringing attention to that. I have checked with my DM he is ok with me being an oath-breaker. I know it is not a instant switch and it takes a while to become an oath-breaker
in my understanding to become a fallen paladin I just need to do an evil act. A bit back when i and another teammate teamed up with the evil boss (necromancer) and bullied a teammate and then after a while we back stabbed the boss. I think that counts as an evil act. When I did that act I was lvl 3 and I have ever so often done small evil acts.
I am having trouble finding out how to make dnd beyond realise that I can become a fallen paladin if it is possible. And then after a while how to make dnd beyond realise that I have become an oathbreaker.
I have done a bit more research and have realised murder is not necessary thank you to bringing attention to that. I have checked with my DM he is ok with me being an oath-breaker. I know it is not a instant switch and it takes a while to become an oath-breaker
in my understanding to become a fallen paladin I just need to do an evil act. A bit back when i and another teammate teamed up with the evil boss (necromancer) and bullied a teammate and then after a while we back stabbed the boss. I think that counts as an evil act. When I did that act I was lvl 3 and I have ever so often done small evil acts.
I am having trouble finding out how to make dnd beyond realise that I can become a fallen paladin if it is possible. And then after a while how to make dnd beyond realise that I have become an oathbreaker.
I don't feel like it has to be a evil act. There are some oaths that do not require evil acts to break. Take the Conquest subclass for example, one of the tenets state:
Rule with an Iron Fist. Once you have conquered, tolerate no dissent. Your word is law. Those who obey it shall be favored. Those who defy it shall be punished as an example to all who might follow.
Now maybe the person who defied you was somebody close to you (maybe a family member) and you could not force yourself to punish them.
Breaking a Paladin's Oath is a great opportunity to work out something cool with your DM that could be incorporated into the overall campaign.
but as stated before in my first statement. Is it possible to make dnd beyond realise that you have taken on a certain path because it only gives me one option to do so.
You need to purchase the other oaths. Only one is free. If you have one specifically you want, you can either buy the book it’s in, or just buy the subclass. If you do just buy the subclass, what you spend on it will be deducted from the price of the full book, should you ever buy it.
Contrary to their name, oathbreakers are not simply paladins who broke their oath; an oathbreaker is a paladin who is on course to eventually become a death knight, so becoming one involves something a lot more severe than forgetting to put the bins out after swearing you'd do it. 😉
The vast majority of paladins that break an oath should just choose another to replace it, or in more extreme cases either lose access to their divine powers (short term) or change class to fighter (long term) until they can find some kind of redemption.
An oathbreaker is very much about controlling and bolstering the undead, it is not for your average player character to stumble into.
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Very late for the OP but I think it involves more than that
"An oathbreaker is a paladin who breaks their sacred oaths to pursue some dark ambition or serve an evil power. Whatever light burned in the paladin's heart been extinguished. Only darkness remains."
For example, a Vengence Paladin who learns to be more forgiving and turns away from their Oath (and not repent of their decision) does not become an Oathbreaker as they are not pursueing some dark ambition or serving an evil power.
The Player decides their character's actions and the DM decides the consequences so the only real solution is to discuss it with your DM, many would not allow you to play an Oathbreaker at all.
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I am not a new player nor an experienced one I play dnd at least one a weak and I am in two campaigns one of them I am em the other I am player
i am trying to become and oath-breaker paladin and have done some research and understand I need to become a fallen paladin first by murdering an innocent person in a campaign but I don’t know if or how dnd beyond can pick up on the fact I killed someone in a campaign or how to input it.
First, the answer to this is, ask your DM. Oathbreakers are an optional subclass that may not even exist in that world. If they do, it will be up to them to figure out how you’ll do it.
I don’t know who told you it involved murder, but that’s, at best, a partial truth. You have to break your oath. So step one (after the DM talk) is get to level 3, so you have an oath. Then, at some point, break it. That could involve a murder, depending on your oath. But honestly, there’s quite a few that a murder wouldn’t necessarily matter. There’s suggestions for tenets in each subclass description, which should give you some ideas for things you’re supposed to do. Then, you just don’t do them, and ta-da, oathbreaker.
Just be warned, oathbreakers usually don’t work well for PCs. Most of their powers can actively assist some of the monsters you might end up fighting.
I have done a bit more research and have realised murder is not necessary thank you to bringing attention to that. I have checked with my DM he is ok with me being an oath-breaker. I know it is not a instant switch and it takes a while to become an oath-breaker
in my understanding to become a fallen paladin I just need to do an evil act. A bit back when i and another teammate teamed up with the evil boss (necromancer) and bullied a teammate and then after a while we back stabbed the boss. I think that counts as an evil act. When I did that act I was lvl 3 and I have ever so often done small evil acts.
I am having trouble finding out how to make dnd beyond realise that I can become a fallen paladin if it is possible. And then after a while how to make dnd beyond realise that I have become an oathbreaker.
I don't feel like it has to be a evil act. There are some oaths that do not require evil acts to break. Take the Conquest subclass for example, one of the tenets state:
Rule with an Iron Fist. Once you have conquered, tolerate no dissent. Your word is law. Those who obey it shall be favored. Those who defy it shall be punished as an example to all who might follow.
Now maybe the person who defied you was somebody close to you (maybe a family member) and you could not force yourself to punish them.
Breaking a Paladin's Oath is a great opportunity to work out something cool with your DM that could be incorporated into the overall campaign.
The is a good point and thank you for the idea.
but as stated before in my first statement. Is it possible to make dnd beyond realise that you have taken on a certain path because it only gives me one option to do so.
You need to purchase the other oaths. Only one is free. If you have one specifically you want, you can either buy the book it’s in, or just buy the subclass. If you do just buy the subclass, what you spend on it will be deducted from the price of the full book, should you ever buy it.
The Oathbreaker Paladin is in the DMG. You can either purchase the whole book for $30, or just that one subclass for $2.
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You need to do something condomnable then get DM's permission to become Oathbreaker and finally get access to the feature info somehow.
Contrary to their name, oathbreakers are not simply paladins who broke their oath; an oathbreaker is a paladin who is on course to eventually become a death knight, so becoming one involves something a lot more severe than forgetting to put the bins out after swearing you'd do it. 😉
The vast majority of paladins that break an oath should just choose another to replace it, or in more extreme cases either lose access to their divine powers (short term) or change class to fighter (long term) until they can find some kind of redemption.
An oathbreaker is very much about controlling and bolstering the undead, it is not for your average player character to stumble into.
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I am trying to buy the oath breaker subclass on DND marketplace and I can't find it for the life of me.
I have tried like 10 times! I got the DMG used so I don't have the digital version. And I don't want to buy the whole thing again.
You can no longer make individual purchases on dndbeyond.
If you don’t want to buy, and have the hardcover, I’d suggest using the homebrew tool.
Your oath? Do the contrary of what it says.
And don't repent.
“If you define yourself by the power to take life, the desire to dominate, to possess...then you have nothing.”
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Very late for the OP but I think it involves more than that
"An oathbreaker is a paladin who breaks their sacred oaths to pursue some dark ambition or serve an evil power. Whatever light burned in the paladin's heart been extinguished. Only darkness remains."
For example, a Vengence Paladin who learns to be more forgiving and turns away from their Oath (and not repent of their decision) does not become an Oathbreaker as they are not pursueing some dark ambition or serving an evil power.
The Player decides their character's actions and the DM decides the consequences so the only real solution is to discuss it with your DM, many would not allow you to play an Oathbreaker at all.