I’m running a campaign and it’s going well players like the plot etc but we’ve hit level 5 and one of my players wants to multiclass which normally no big deal meet the requirements and it’s done but they’re a paladin going into warlock and taking oath of vengeance going into hexblade which as a minmax person makes a lot of sense with smites and hexing your dps goes through the roof but the campaign is mostly social and more importantly it would make sense that signing another deal with a dirty outside of your oath would break your oath what do you guys think should I tell them that they’re an oathbreaker now and if I do how should I handle it?
A hexblade's patron is their weapon so you could just have him find a magic weapon associated with the lore of his deity he worships. Then there is no oath breaking involved and makes alot more sense.
Making a second deal doesn't necessarily break the first deal. I can't think of any paladin oaths that say the character is forbidden from making more oaths to other people, too.
But this does give you, as DM, a chance to have some fun with him by creating conflict between the two. Have his warlock patron require him to do something that violates one of his paladin oaths. Or at least give him some grey area choices and you can create some interesting character moments. I would absolutely do this if he's just doing it for powergaming and doesn't expect there to be consequences for his choices.
You can also go the route of having the Paladin oath not be to a specific deity but to a concept or an idea if you prefer. That way they are really only dealing with the warlock patron. So depending on what oath they were before, and how tied to a deity they were, you can make it work!
There's enough flexibility with both warlock patrons and paladin oaths in 5e that you can make it work!
Thanks for the responses they really help I think I’ll go the route if they really only get their powers from the idea of their oath rather than an actual god making it so there isn’t a conflict between patrons or maybe go with the idea that he does find a weapon that doesn’t conflict with his oath
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I’m running a campaign and it’s going well players like the plot etc but we’ve hit level 5 and one of my players wants to multiclass which normally no big deal meet the requirements and it’s done but they’re a paladin going into warlock and taking oath of vengeance going into hexblade which as a minmax person makes a lot of sense with smites and hexing your dps goes through the roof but the campaign is mostly social and more importantly it would make sense that signing another deal with a dirty outside of your oath would break your oath what do you guys think should I tell them that they’re an oathbreaker now and if I do how should I handle it?
A hexblade's patron is their weapon so you could just have him find a magic weapon associated with the lore of his deity he worships. Then there is no oath breaking involved and makes alot more sense.
Making a second deal doesn't necessarily break the first deal. I can't think of any paladin oaths that say the character is forbidden from making more oaths to other people, too.
But this does give you, as DM, a chance to have some fun with him by creating conflict between the two. Have his warlock patron require him to do something that violates one of his paladin oaths. Or at least give him some grey area choices and you can create some interesting character moments. I would absolutely do this if he's just doing it for powergaming and doesn't expect there to be consequences for his choices.
You can also go the route of having the Paladin oath not be to a specific deity but to a concept or an idea if you prefer. That way they are really only dealing with the warlock patron. So depending on what oath they were before, and how tied to a deity they were, you can make it work!
There's enough flexibility with both warlock patrons and paladin oaths in 5e that you can make it work!
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Thanks for the responses they really help I think I’ll go the route if they really only get their powers from the idea of their oath rather than an actual god making it so there isn’t a conflict between patrons or maybe go with the idea that he does find a weapon that doesn’t conflict with his oath