Paladin - Oath of Invention (Patreon)

The Oath of Invention is for paladins devoted to the very concept of progress, who believe in pulling the world forward into the future — by force, when necessary.

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The Oath of Invention is a clockwork knight, a future-pilled visionary who swears by technology and damns the consequences. A good-aligned invention paladin might believe in the dream of progress but worry over the collateral damage; an evil-aligned invention paladin might justify or even revel in the harms that result. The Channel Divinity options are the real goodies here: Steam-Powered Charge lets you or an ally boil forward, getting extra movement that you can then spend to deal extra damage. Divine Inspiration lets you empower a crafter and dramatically improve their results. (An aside: I generally write crafting tools assuming you're using KibblesTasty's crafting. The buff should work for vanilla crafting too, but is only about as balanced as those rules are (i.e. not very)). Aura of Progress causes your allies to feel your own buffs - particularly Steam-Powered Charge, but also your spells and the features yet to come. Wondrous Invention at 15th brings those features, giving you three options to grant your equipment powerful bonuses. Knight of Tomorrow at 20th lets you charge like nobody's business, and gives you some powerful durability boosts to help sustain that.

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Art: Knight of Obligation, by Ryan Barger © Wizards of the Coast LLC