Base Class: Paladin
Similarly to Redemption Paladins, the Paladins of Love don't usually prefer using violence as their first answer, though they're not as strictly bound against it. The first to take this Oath were nobles who were against arranged marriage and wanted to choose their partner because of their qualities and not because of politics. Often called courteous lovers, these Paladins are moved by something higher than sheer lust, and seek to spread the highest sentiment in a world of wretch and hate.
The tenets a Love Paladin needs to abide are the following:
• Don't impair love, especially when it's between someone you love and someone they love
• Encourage love: fight those who suppress it and convince them to embrace it
• Don't betray love: if you have a corresponded love with someone, don't leave them because of greed, lust or other similar reasons, but be prepared to embrace them again if they do so to you and sincerely repent
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed.
Oath of Love Spells
| Paladin Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 3rd | bless, charm person |
| 5th | calm emotions, levitate |
| 9th | hypnotic pattern, water breathing |
| 13th | death ward, polymorph |
| 17th | dominate person, hold monster |
Channel Divinity
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following Channel Divinity options.
Dispel hatred: as an action, you can touch a sentient creature that has not been harmed by you or your allies, that creature needs to make a Charisma saving throw, if it fails it, it can't willingly harm or impair you or your allies for 1 minute or until you or your allies harm it, it can still harm creatures unrelated to you, though.
Burning passion: as a bonus action, you can channel your burning love to become resistant to damage and manipulation. For a minute, you can't act against your will and are resistant to piercing, slashing and bludgeoning damage. When you do this, your Intelligence temporarily drops to 6 for all the duration and you're unable to communicate with others, other temporary boosts to your Intelligence such as magic items cannot modify this effect.
Aura of Persistent Sentiment
You and all friendly creatures within 10ft of you are immune to Exhaustion. The range of the Aura increases to 30ft.
Unmoving Feelings
Starting at 15th level, you can't be knocked prone or moved against your will.
Avatar of Love
Starting at 20th level, you can undergo a transformation for one hour, you gain the following benefits:
• You gain a levitation speed equal to your walking speed
• You can't be charmed, deafened, blinded
• All of your melee strikes deal an additional 1d8 fire damage. When you smite, you can also choose to spend an extra spell slot of the same level as the original to add 4+the number of levels above 1st d8 fire damage in addition to the weapon's damage and the regular radiant smite damage
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Posted Apr 14, 2022Oh hey, my DM made this subclass for me when my paladin went through a very changing character arc haha. I got his permission to put it on DnDBeyond so I could use it on my character sheet ^^ I'll send the compliments to him!
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Posted Apr 14, 2022You're missing one more feature. I don't know if that was intended but I thought I'd point it out. It's still a pretty cool subclass though.