Oath of the Heart
Paladins of the Oath of the Heart encourage love, kindness, and enjoyment of all things in life. They do not relish battle, but accept that sometimes the beauty associated with love cannot be preserved by other means. When combat arises these paladins typically choose to shield others from harm rather than hurt other creatures.
Many who swear themselves to the Oath of the Heart become Heartwardens of Sune, but a dedication to empathy, love, and beauty transcends practices of worship to a particular god. These paladins inspire confidence in their friends, forging bonds of love and kindness among allies, and temper the hatred of enemies with empathy.
Spread Love and Kindness. The world can be a grim, sobering place, and everyone you meet is fighting a secret battle in their hearts. Take every opportunity to shower others with sweet words, sympathy, and support.
Beautiful Inside and Out. Eschew vanity, but allow your beauty to bring pleasure to the world. Encourage love and kindness in others with your looks and deeds. Denounce lies and trickery.
Bring Together Enemies and Lovers. Seek to unite lovers, foster friendships, and turn enemies into allies without falseness or deception.
Defend the World's Beauty. Walk slow into combat and shield friend and foe from harm whenever possible. When faced with true evil, show no mercy.
Oath Spells
| Paladin Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Ceremony, Shield |
| 5th | Aid, Hold Person |
| 9th | Counterspell, Tongues |
| 13th | Aura of Purity, Otiluke’s Resilient Sphere |
| 17th | Hold Monster, Mass Cure Wounds |
Channel Divinity
Starting at 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel Divinity options:
Evergold Caress. As a bonus action, you can use your Channel Divinity to touch a creature other than yourself. For the next hour, a willing creature gains advantage on Charisma ability checks and saving throws, while an unwilling creature must succeed a Wisdom saving throw or have disadvantage on Wisdom checks and saving throws for the duration.
If the creature succeeds on their save they are immune to the effects of your caress for 24 hours, but you regain your use of Channel Divinity.
Heart-melting Kiss. Using your Channel Divinity as an action, you imbue your touch with dazzling positive energy to bless allies and disorient enemies. When you activate this feature, and for the next minute, you can use a bonus action to touch a creature other than yourself.
A willing creature gains advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects for the duration, or until you use this feature on a new creature. An unwilling creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be stunned until the start of your next turn.
Aura of Inner Beauty
Starting at 7th level, Your heart's inner beauty radiates from your healing hands, igniting the beauty in all those around you. When you use your Lay on Hands feature, allies within 10 feet gain temporary hit points and a bonus to their next attack or saving throw equal to your Charisma modifier.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Enduring Beauty
Starting at 15th level, those who attack you instantly regret causing you harm. Whenever a creature deals damage to you, that creature takes psychic damage equal to your Proficiency bonus, if you’re not incapacitated.
Heart of Gold
At 20th level, as an action you can become the embodiment of love and beauty. You gain the following benefits for 1 minute:
- Your Charisma score increases by 4. Your maximum for this score is now 24.
- You can use your Lay on Hands feature as a bonus action.
- The pool of healing from your Lay of Hands feature increases by 10 points at the start of each of your turns.
- Enemy creatures within 10 feet of you have disadvantage on Attack rolls.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
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