Paladin and Oaths DnD 5R PHB2024

Implements all new features and changes from DnD 5R PHB2024 for the Paladin class and all its subclasses (Oaths). Compatible with level 20 mods.

Made with care for mod compatibility with the official modding toolkit for Patch 8.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: If you are playing with the Level 20 Mod called ''Expansion'' you need to disable the optional class features of Paladins in its MCM menu since this mod implements the newest version of those.

List of Features:

BASE PALADIN CLASS CHANGES

At Level 1:

• []The Paladin now gains spellcasting at level 1 instead of level 2. This means you get access to your first Spell Level 1 spells and spell slots at Paladin level 1. Divine Smite becomes an always-prepared spell at Paladin Level 2.[/]

  []The Paladin now gains more Channel Oath Charges than before. At level 1 he has 1 charge, level 3 he gains a second charge, and at level 11 he gains the last charge. The restoration of Channel Oath has been updated so it restores ONE charge per Short-Rest, and all of them on a Long-Rest. As you will see later, the Channel Oath Actions now are generally easier to use and more powerful, making them a more integral part of the kit of the paladin and also to allow them to not make you sacrifice your Smite just to use them. This is counteracted by the Smite changes detailed below.[/]

  []Divine Sense class action now lasts 10 turns.[/]

  []Lay On Hands has been revamped: now costs a Bonus Action instead of an Action and now you get 5 Lay on Hands Charges at level 1 and you won't get anymore through level up. Each of these charges equals an amount of healing equal to your Paladin level, so at level 4 one Lay on Hands charge would heal for 4 hit points, meaning the more you level up the more powerful Lay on Hands becomes. You can choose to expend your Lay On Hands charges individually or multiple of them at once (for example, if you are level 4, you can choose to expend 3 charges to heal the target for 12 Hit Points in a single cast). Alternatively, you can expend one Lay On Hands charge to cure a target of all poisons. Lay On Hands charges are all restored on Long Rest.[/]

  At Level 2:

  • []Blessed Warrior has been added as an alternative when choosing a Fighting Styles. Blessed Warrior allows you to forgo learning a Fighting Style to instead learn two cantrips from the cleric spell list.[/]

    []At each subsequent level-up (level 3 and onwards), you can opt to change your chosen Fighting Style.[/]

    []Divine Smite has been slightly revamped, as to promote more tactical choices and player freedom:

    []Now is flagged as a Spell, of the Evocation School.[/]

    []Now costs a Bonus Action ON HIT (if you miss, you won't consume the Bonus Action), similar to other Smites.[/]

    []Now has complete upscaling support all the way to Spell Slot Level 9 and at EACH LEVEL of spellcasting it increases by +1d8 Damage (meaning its damage is no longer capped at 5d8).[/]

    []Now you can use Divine Smite while Unarmed (including manual spell and reaction versions, just like regular Divine Smite).[/]

    []Once Per Long Rest, you can cast Divine Smite (as if using a level 1 spell slot) without expending a spell slot.[/]

    []These changes may seem like a slight nerf to some, but when combined with the changes to the other smites (see below), it makes it so the paladin can find value in every smite and not only in spamming Divine Smite.[/]

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  []All other smites in the game have been buffed to make them on-par with Divine Smite: almost all of them have had their Concentration requirement removed and most of them now have Upcasting with an increase in damage per upcasting level with no cap (before there was no benefit to upcasting or it was capped). Some highlights are as follows:[/]

  []Searing Smite no longer requires Concentration and ALL its damage now scales with each spell slot level of upcasting including its burning damage PER TURN. This may be the most damaging Smite you have now.[/]

  [*]Branding Smite has been renamed to Shining Smite and now additionally gran