Oath of The Aster (Lathander)

“I, (insert name), promise to aid,
To foster new hope, new ideas, and prosperity for all.
I promise to perfect myself, yet guard against pride. For if I perfect, I will foster and nurture growth. Rebirth and renewal will occur.
I will be fertile in mind and body.
I will consider the consequences of my actions so that the least effort will bring the best reward.
I take these (sunflower) seeds and plant and sow, tend to them. I plant seeds of hope, ideas, and a rosy future into the minds of all.
I, (insert name), will continue to see each dawn.
To Lathander’s Light, I take this Oath.”

Ritual

Before dawn, normally in spring, you march towards the sun, going towards a temple of Lathander. You meet a cleric, who guides you to the top of the temple. There, they dress you in ceremonial vestments and armor, gold and rosy red. At dawn, the ceremony truly begins. They pull out a Dawnspeaker and hand it to you. You point it toward the rising sun, while the cleric burns ceremonial incense (frankincense is the most common). More clerics arrive, bringing up works of art, wonderful bouquets of sunflowers, and other important and holy things. A prayer is read. Then, when the sun hits the mace just right, it emits a wonderful rosy red light. You begin to take your oath. The light of Lathander envelopes you. When your oath is complete, the clerics silently bring you downstairs and outside. Then the party begins. Athletic events, like shinty, javelin tosses, races, wrestling events, and a mock gladiator match take place. Artists paint paintings of you participating in these events. Then they paint a portrait of you as a radiant warrior, this painting to be hung in the holy halls of the temple. You bless the area until next year.

Tenets

Kindness: Be kind to those who truly need it.
Growth: Grow, adapt to the world around you.
Self perfection: Become your perfect self. Do what you think will make you better.
Optimism: Never give up hope, Lathander will always be there to help you.

Channel Divinity

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

Lathander’s Light

As an action, you can present your holy symbol to shed a radiant light (10 feet bright, 10 feet dim) that dispels magical darkness and deals 2d4 radiant damage to undead within the light. This last for 1 minute and can’t be used again until after your next short rest.

Prayer of Light

For 10 minutes you pray, calling forth the divine energy of Lathander. All willing allies regain half their hit points, rounded down.

Oath Spells

You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed.

Oath of the Aster Spells

PALADIN LEVEL	SPELLS
3rd	Guiding Bolt, Burning Hands
5th	lesser restoration, flaming sphere
9th	beacon of hope, daylight
13th	wall of fire, guardian of faith
17th	scrying, flame strike

The Rosy Optimist

At 7th Level, you can decide to shed a rosy red light around you for 10 feet. Allies within this light get advantage on Charisma and Death saving rolls.

At 18th level this rage goes up to 30 feet.

The Path of Least Resistance

At 15th level, you can cast Find the Path at will without needing the necessary material components.

Radiant Warrior

At 20th level, you take the form of a truly perfect paladin. This transformation takes an action, and you gain the following benefits for one minute;

• Resistance to all damage
• On a hit (meaning, one hit after transformation) , you deal 5d4 radiant damage and 1d8 fire damage.

You can use this action once per long rest