Oath of the Crown

Oath of the Crown is a subclass of Paladin, released as part of Patch 8 in 2025.

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You have sworn yourself to the ideals of civilisation, serving the laws that hold society together and preserving the order they command.

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Subclass features

This subclass obtains all the features from its base class, Paladin, in addition to its unique features outlined below.

Level 1

A paladin must follow their sworn oaths or lose their divine power. For more details, see Oaths and Oathbreaking.

 Oath of the Crown Tenets

Oath of the Crown paladins abide by the following tenets:

Law. Uphold civilisation and order.

Loyalty. Your word is your bond; without loyalty, oaths and laws are meaningless.

Responsibility. Deal with the consequences of your actions, and fulfil your duties and obligations.

 Righteous Clarity ( + )

Target yourself or an ally to additionally grant the target's proficiency bonus to their Attack Rolls.

Level 3

 Champion Challenge ( + )

Challenge the enemies around you, compelling them to attack only you. Any attacks they might make against other targets have Disadvantage.

 Turn the Tide ( + )

Shout out and heal all nearby non-enemy creatures.

Oath Spells

You gain additional spells from your oath. They are Always Prepared.

•  Command
•  Compelled Duel 

Level 5

Oath Spells

You gain additional spells from your oath. They are Always Prepared.

•  Warding Bond
•  Spiritual Weapon

Level 7

 Divine Allegiance

When an ally within 1.5 m / 5 ft of you takes damage, you can use your  Reaction to magically substitute your own health for your ally's, healing them by 2 × (Paladin level)hit points at the cost of taking 2 × (Paladin level)Radiant damage yourself.

Level 9

Oath Spells

You gain additional spells from your oath. They are Always Prepared.

•  Spirit Guardians 
•  Crusader's Mantle 

Oathbreaking actions

This section details known actions which cause Paladins to break their Oath of the Crown. Generally, they involve:

• Evading being arrested once caught or refusing to be interrogated
• Making promises and then failing to keep them

Act One

Roadside Cliffs

• Attacking  Damays and  Nymessa (tieflings who guard the caged  Lae'zel)
• As the Dark Urge, severing  Gale's hand while he is trapped in the rune circle
• Killing  Quelenna,  Taman and  Gimblebock (with the paladin character)
  • Shooting down the pillar over  Gimblebock and  Taman

Emerald Grove / The Hollow

• Deceiving the  Blue Jay in the Emerald Grove and stealing its coin
• As the Dark Urge, breaking the  Wounded Bird's wing in the Emerald Grove
• As the Dark Urge, breaking  Pandirna's legs
• Letting  Sazza get killed while imprisoned (in dialogue) OR helping her escape during ⁠Save the Goblin Sazza
• Betraying the tieflings and siding with  Minthara during ⁠Raid the Emerald Grove
• Betraying  Minthara after promising to help her during ⁠Raid the Emerald Grove

Sunlit Wetlands / Putrid Bog

• Letting  Auntie Ethel go free when she offers her boon

Goblin Camp

• Torturing  Liam in the Goblin Camp torture rack of the Shattered Sanctum

Risen Road

• Declining to help or leaving the conversation when  Florrick asks for help finding  Ulder Ravengard
• Killing the Zhentarim in the Zhentarim Basement after completing ⁠Find the Missing Shipment

Underdark

• Betraying Sovereign  Spaw during ⁠Avenge Glut's Circle

Creche Y'llek

• Stealing the  Githyanki Egg instead of persuading its caretaker
• Killing the warrior Githyanki in the dagger fight

Campsite

• Hiding  Alfira's body after killing her as the Dark Urge

Act Two

• Answering "Ha! Ambitious - I like it." after persuading Mol to tell what Raphael really offered her
• Agreeing to help  Z'rell kidnap  Isobel
• Kidnapping  Isobel after  Jaheira already tasked the party with killing  Ketheric Thorm
• Siding with  Marcus
• Agreeing to  Z'rell to deliver the  Nightsong but not doing so - whether by killing or freeing her
• Betraying  Balthazar
• Convincing  Madeline to stab herself or calling her a coward
• Convincing  Marls to jump off the docks
• Turning the mechanism in  Dolly's  Moonlantern
• At Moonrise Towers, mind controlling the goblins to kill themselves
• Encouraging  Sumera and  Jasin to wipe  Minthara's mind
• Punishing  Madeline through  He Who Was
• As The Dark Urge, revealing the player character's depravity to the Strange Ox
• As The Dark Urge, speaking with Steelclaw and trying to remember what the player character did previously, which results in the Dark Urge killing Steelclaw

Act Three

• Selecting the Paladin Option and pledging a solumn oath to ally with Gortash during his coronation.
• Siding with  Enver Gortash, then betraying him when speaking with  Orin
• Siding with  Orin, then betraying her when speaking with  Gortash
• Promising to help  Jaheira finding  Minsc, then killing him
• Letting  Arfur Gregorio go or accepting his bribe after finding out his secret
• Making a deal with the  Hag or announcing said deal to  Mayrina
• Becoming an Unholy Assassin at the Murder Tribunal
• Activating the collared workers' kill switch in the Steelwatch Foundry
• Betraying the  Allandra Grey, the Wave Mistress
• Offering a body to the mindflayer in the bottom of the windmill
• Agreeing to help the  Strange Ox, then entering the city without him
• Helping  Astarion with the Rite of Profane Ascension
• Releasing the 7000 vampire spawn
• Letting  Aradin take the  Nightsong from your camp.

External links

⁠Oath of the Crown on the Forgotten Realms Wiki