Oath of Love

The Oath of Love centers around the selfless devotion and protection of others, often embodying the role of a noble and chivalrous guardian. A paladin who takes this oath is a shield for their allies, valuing the lives and well-being of those they protect above their own. These paladins see love as the greatest strength and embrace a commitment to protecting others through self-sacrifice.

Channel Divinity

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

Ironbound Heart. As an action, you call upon the strength of your love and devotion to shield and embolden your allies. When you use this Channel Divinity, choose one creature within 30 feet of you that can see or hear you. For 1 minute, the creature gains the following benefits:

• Damage Reduction: The creature has resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks.
• Healing Surge: The creature regains hit points equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) at the start of each of its turns for the duration.
• Fortified Will: The creature has advantage on saving throws against being frightened or charmed.

Unbreakable Bond. As a bonus action, you invoke the power of your bond with your allies, allowing them to fight with immense spirit. Choose up to 4 creatures within 30 feet of you (that can see or hear you) gain two of the following benefits for up to a minute:

• Heroic Resilience: Each creature gains temporary hit points equal to your paladin level + your Charisma modifier (minimum 1).
• Shield of Love: When a creature within the aura is hit by an attack, they can use their reaction to reduce the damage by an amount equal to half your paladin level (rounded up).
• Fervent Courage: Any creature that takes damage while within the aura can use its reaction to make an attack against the creature that damaged it (if it is within range).

Oath Spells

You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed.

Oath of Love Spells

Embrace of the Heart

You can channel the power of love to protect others, gaining the ability to shield an ally from harm. As a bonus action, choose an ally within 30 feet of you. For the next minute, whenever that ally takes damage, they can choose to have you take half of that damage instead (rounded down). You can use this ability a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) per long rest.

Defender's Bond

At 7th level, your bond with your allies strengthens. Whenever you use your Embrace of the Heart ability, the affected ally also gains temporary hit points equal to your Paladin level at the start of each of their turns during the duration of the effect.

Unkillable Heart

At 15th level, you become a paragon of devotion. You gain resistance to all damage while using your Embrace of the Heart ability. Additionally, if you drop to 0 hit points while using Embrace of the Heart, you can automatically stabilize, instead of falling unconscious.

Ceaseless Vigil

At 20th level, your love for your allies knows no bounds. Once per long rest, when you or an ally within 30 feet would drop to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to prevent that creature from going down and that creature gains 1d10 + your Constitution modifier hit points.