Oath of Lepidoptera

 The Oath of Lepidoptera binds a paladin to the loftiest ideals of understanding, listening, balance, symbiosis, and metamorphosis. Sometimes called wretches, monsters, or watchers by the city folk—others call them guardians, witches, shamans, collectors, moss knights, or brush squatters—they hold the usual persona of the silent watcher or creature of the magic of the natural world. They understand and go through metamorphosis and the symbiosis between one and the others. They commonly hang around the night- summoning the knowledge of the great moths or the shimmering personas of the mighty moths of the flower fields. Many who swear this oath are collectors or guardians away from everyday society, trying to hold themselves to what they find and see. It is common for these paladins not to be religious to one specific entity but instead to the unity and metamorphosis of nature, understanding that we all come and go. It is common for them to idolize moths and butterflies, with insignia of wings, cacoons, and caterpillars covering them with the growth of flowers and trees left in their wake. 

Art Credits: PAUL KISLING — Moth Knight. on Tumblr;  Moth Knight by Khaz2 on DeviantArt.

Channel Divinity

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

Wings of Scale. As a bonus action, you draw your symbol on your chest and the gift of flight is given to you. You gain spectral wings behind you that spread far, allowing flight and protection. You gain a flying speed of 50 ft, and while flying your AC increases by your Charisma modifier.

You can end this effect on your turn as part of any other action and if you fall unconscious, this effect ends as well. 

Chrysalis Weaving. As an action, you present your holy symbol and speak a prayer weaving a chrysalis around a subject, using your Channel Divinity. You touch an unconscious individual and weave a semitransparent silken cocoon around them. All healing centered on this individual is multiplied by 4 and they have 3/4's cover, but they are under the restrained condition. When or if they return to consciousness the Chrysalis begins to fall away, at this point it can be broken out of with a Strength (athletics) check against your spell save DC, is completely fallen away at the top of your next turn, allowing them to move freely.

This feature will stabilize anything inside of it and will last until a healing effect is used on the target inside, until then the target will stay unconscious until that moment. This can last indefinitely, although the cocoon restrains the individual inside, they can be moved around if they are uprooted, which should be a difficult check. While they are unconscious they age at 1/12th their normal rate. The Chrysalis is partially transparent and any spell that requires sight can pass through it.

Oath Spells

You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed.

Oath of Lepidoptera Spells

Familial Ways

At seventh level, you choose your specialization. 

Papilion Displacement

You can call upon the showy butterflies in the world, the light catching them just right, with your new gift you gives you spectral aspects of yourself like the different showing species of butterflies of the world. 

Once per long or short rest, using a bonus action, create up to 4 shimmering butterfly-like spectral humanoids. They have your moving speed and your AC, they can fly and have 2d10 Health. You can use your channel divinities through them and can attack through them on your turn, and can also use your reaction through them. 

They last a maximum of 2 hours or until destroyed.

Sigil of Motti

You call upon the moths of the world for you to bring them and their incredible diversity into your power.

Once a long or short rest you, taking an action, you can summon an ally to your aid, this large spectral moth guardian has the stat block of a Werebear in hybrid form and takes instructions from you. The following are different: It has a walking movement speed of 120 ft, it cannot make the bite attack and has a flying speed of 100 ft, and it cannot speak itself. It cannot be more than 400 ft away from you at any time. It has hit points equal to your hit point maximum or the average of the werebear, whichever is higher. 

It lasts an hour or until destroyed.

Pictofibril Bristling

Starting at fifteenth level, you have many hairs and furs that grow off you spectrally, extending your senses and protecting you from the elements of harm that may affect you or the others around you. 

Whenever you or any of your allies make a Dexterity (stealth) or Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check within 30 ft of you, they can add your Charisma Modifier to the total of the check before it's announced. You gain this benefit as well. 

You additionally gain blindsight of 80 as long as you are not deafened, you have disadvantage on perception with your blindsight if there is a sufficiently loud sound covering up possible sounds of creatures. This does not effect your normal sight. 

Lepidopteran Blessing

At twentith level, you gain the final blessing from the great lepidopterans, their blessing granting you the power of the great moths and butterflies. 

You gain a flying speed of 45. You are under the effect of the blur spell during combat. You also gain the following three more channel divinities. 

The Small and the Many: You channel the multitudes of tiny moths of the meadows and swamps of this world, your body shifts and changes into a flurrying eclipse of moths. You have all the properties of a swarm. You are immune to being Grappled, Restrained, Prone, Paralyzed, Charmed, Petrified, Frightened, or Stunned. You can occupy the space of another creatures space and vice versa, and you can fit through any space that a tiny moth can fit through.

Summon Greater Moth: You can call upon a guardian, channeling the great moths of the world, and providing a protecting embrace. As a bonus action, you can summon a guardian to protect you in battle, your giant moth guardian that us mechanically a Planetar, with your hit points comes to your aid. It takes instructions for you and takes its turn at the end of yours, it cannot move more than 1,000 feet away from you at a time. 

Tear Drinker: Like the beauty of the butterflies of the world, all things lie in balance, you can channel the great butterflies of the world using a shimmering strike to drink from them. Like how a butterfly drinks a crocodiles tears or the blood around the eye. As a reaction when you attack, you can take an successful attack and add 8d10 radiant damage and take the damage done as hit points for yourself.