@@TheDungineer I don't think so. His games are usually one shots with different group for what I know. You can watch him on different stream of dnd, like Streams of many eyes or something like that, where he, Travis, another dude (I don't remember his name) and Paul Wight (yea, Big show) plaied a one shot with their PG (Grog and Arkhan, Both with all their object).
@@heleenad4273 It's kind of a spoiler from the end of campaign 1, episode 114. If you want to know it anyway, Arkhan (a character played by Joe Manganiello, special guest of the last episodes) after helping Vox Machina to defeat Vecna, immediately after he stole the Hand of Vecna pretending to want to destroy it, but instead he cut his own hand and replaced it with the Artifact. Before disappearing using the same Hand of Vecna, he turned to the now exhausted group of heroes and said "I'M SORRY IT WAS JUST BUSINESS", after which Joe himself fled the table, under laughter and screams of surprise of all.
It might be of note to mention that the player's handbook does not mention the Paladin to require an oath to a god. It could be as simple as an oath to protect the land... with the added complications.
@@meme0taker87 Paladins don’t serve a god; think of it as you believing so fucking hard in your oath, that you get powers from it. Now using a god as an explanatory thing is always awesome, but our lil knights don’t need a god’s acknowledgment to be granted powers. Most just go there because “they’re basically yoked Clerics”.
@@saintpoli6800 Here’s the general, but not set-in-stone, difference between cleric and paladin. Paladin is a good fighter with minimal spellcasting Cleric is a good spellcaster with minimal fighting
Addendum for Paladins: Divine Sense (Paladin 1) This will allow you to sense the nearby presence of any nasties, be they celestials, fiends, or undead within 60 feet. You can use this a number of times equal to 1 + your Charisma modifier. Recharges after a long rest. Lay on Hands (Paladin 1) You start with 5 healing points and can use them how you wish, be it giving just 1 point to wake up an unconscious being or 5 points at once to cleanse someone of a poison or disease, but multiple diseases or poisons will require multiple uses of 5 points. Your healing pool maximum will go up by 5 each time you take a paladin level. Recharges after a long rest. Fighting Style (Paladin 2) You get to choose between four: * Dueling for added damage when fighting one-handed. * Defense for +1 to AC when wearing armor. * Great Weapon Fighting for a chance to reroll low damage with two-handed weapons. * Protection to impose disadvantage against a target trying to attack anyone within 5 feet of you, IF you're wielding a shield. Spellcasting (Paladin 2) You can prepare a number of spells each day much like a cleric, the only difference is that the number is determined by your Charisma modifier plus half your paladin levels rounded down. You gain 2nd-level slots at 5th-level, and then 3rd at 9, 4th at 13, and 5th at 17. Divine Smite (Paladin 2) Costs no action to use, and you can choose to apply when you hit so you don't waste a slot if you miss. The amount of radiant damage depends on the slot level you expended. 2d8 for a 1st-level slot, increases by 1d8 for each higher slot for a cap of 5d8. 1d8 is added immediately to all attacks at level 11. Divine Health (Paladin 3) You become immune to disease. Sacred Oaths (Paladin 3) Your choice of an oath grants you a single use of Channel Divinity and Oath Spells that don't go against your spell total, all of which are thematically appropriate for each oath. And one more perk as early as level 6: Oath of Protection Provided you are conscious, you and any allies within 10 feet of you gain a bonus to saving throws equal to your Charisma modifier. The range expands to 30 feet at level 18.
@@strgz5329 Yeah, meant to educate how to get started in your first few levels of a certain class. Although it will be interesting when they go into other topics, like the different races you can play.
This is a great starter guide, the only clarification I'd add so as to not confuse new players is that you don't need to follow a god as a 5E paladin. "Although many paladins are devoted to gods of good, a paladin’s power comes as much from a commitment to justice itself as it does from a god." - PHB 82
I've got a 'Paladin of good times,' who will be Dex-based if I ever get to play her in 5th. My current DM loves 4th, and we sorta needed me to stay as a Leader (healer)...so it gets complicated from there. What race is your Paladin of sea shanty shankery?
I started a campaign a few months ago. By the end of the first session everyone but my lizardfolk fighter had died due to the dm trying to get us to fight 5 vampires (3 warriors and 2 spellcasters) and around 100 vampire spawn. We had 2 npcs with us that turned out to be fey lords and they killed the vampires, and I had rolled a natural 20 on a death saving throw. I got to be level 8 though.
I beg your pardon, bards with their + infinity persuasion would like to have a chat That said, paladins do rank in my top 3 classes of 5e To each their own i supose
This was SUPER helpful. I'm building a paladin for my first adventure ever and I can't believe how spot on I was for picking that class. All I knew was, I wanted my name to be Dayspring and I wanted to have all my abilities named after Stan Bush songs.
Is it weird that I don't watch Critical Role, but still love the content on this channel? Yes? Hmmm, okay then. I'm sure I'll start watching someday... :)
Reminder that you can lay hands on yourself (haha wink wink) and that you can choose to use your smite AFTER you hit. Smite damage is affected by critical hits, too, so you can blast liches down with max efficiency.
First D&D character I've ever played in a game is a very interesting Paladin. Being a Yuan-Ti Pureblood guarantees her several strange looks when she walks through town, but even more surprising is the large holy symbol she wears proclaiming her servitude to the Platinum Dragon Bahamut - certainly not the kind of deity anyone would expect the generally chaotic breed of snake-people to worship.
With the Hexblade Warlock, I've seen so many Paladins just multi-class into that with the minimum STR requirement of Paladin to get out of it of 13. So they just focus instead on a bit more DEX to be +2 for medium armors, and just more or less go all in on Charisma due to the Hex Warrior benefit of the Hexblade. Seen most just take a 2 dip into Warlock since then those are 2 first level spell slots that recharge on a short rest, they might go 3 just to go Pact of the Blade to always have a magic weapon in the future. But that's the extent I've seen typically then they just go all in on Paladin again.
Ahhh my favorite class. Nice to see some of the changes they made in 5e. Having only played 3.5e there was a point where most of the spells were meh and the damage really fell off unless you prestige classed well. My chosen God is and will always be Bahamut.
Paladins are by far my favorite class, especially Ancients paladins. Always wanted to play as part of a Druid and Ancients Paladin duo - the druid of an ancient grove and its sworn guardian.
I love to mix paladin with other casting classes like sorcerers and bards or even wizard, clerics, and druids as the increased spell slots from investing into full caster levels is great for high damage smites and depending on the full caster you spec into the bonus defense and melee capacity can be amazing
I made a paladin for a one-shot today! Decided to give him german flair, which reminds me... Could we get a series on this channel about fleshing out/ improving accents for characters? I could really use some insight from some pros!
Well, I mean, Preston, you are pretty much the Paladin of the Commonwealth. Though I guess a few BoS also are Paladins (Path of Vengeance), but not really for the Commonwealth.
I have an Oath of Devotion Paladin (tenets: honesty, courage, compassion, honour, duty) who is a devotee of Eldath (peace) and took the Folk Hero background pretty much for this exact reason. She's a girl from a town that was sacked by a warlord; when someone from the town militia was killed right in front of her, she felt compelled to pick up their sword and fight, thinking this was a little nudge in the right direction by her goddess. The flavour text with the "compassion" tenet of Devotion says, "Aid others, protect the weak, and punish those who threaten them." The "Rustic Hospitality" feature of the Folk Hero background notes, "Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you fit in among them with ease." The common folk will shelter a Folk Hero who doesn't show they're a danger to them, but will not risk their own lives... for a Paladin of Devotion, I feel like this can also be swung around to the fact that they will also protect the common folk, from the smallest hamlet to the biggest metropolis. The other option, of course--as someone else mentioned--is just to take the Oath of the Crown. (She's also an aasimar foundling, raised by humans who own a bakery; I chose chef's tools for her tool proficiency from the Folk Hero background. When she uses magic, the area directly around her tends to smell like spices like cinnamon or cloves, or smell like fresh bread or cookies, etc.)
Oath of Redemption is good if you're looking to go out of your way to help others and bring about peaceful solutions to problems, without going all the way to Lawful Stupid.
Paladin is one of those classes you pick when your rolls are superb, because you need so many good stats to keep a Paladin alive. Good Strength and Constitution because you're on the front lines. Good Charisma for your influencing Skills, and good Wisdom because that's your spellcasting stat....unless that changed in 5E and now Spellcasting is Cha based.
In the older editions (like 1st and 2nd, they got rid of it for 3rd), classes had stat limitations so you could only play them if your stats were good enough. Paladin's required a Charisma of 17 if I remember correctly. The only classes you could play if your stats were too bad were the core four, fighter, cleric, thief, and magic-user (which is what they were called in 1st edition), because you only needed something like a 9 or 10 in their primary stat.
I was a conquest paladin in a oneshot. I was a Kobold named Pelius the Blue and was both a devout child of Tiamat our rainbow scaled queen, and was had a very outgoing and lovey demeanor. He just thinks mama Tia is the best and will take any opportunity to show that off either showing his holy symbol (that was really an arts and crafts macaroni and sparkles level Amulet) depicting a rainbow colored Chinese dragon, or by finding any coloring books with Bahamut and color him like the rainbow with like 3 extra heads. Now he's not really a "bad" lizard but he would be seen as an enemy just because of what his society was. really want to use him for a proper campaign.
Looking at this again and if Fjord does go the Paladin route, he will have two 5th level spell slots to smack people with Divine Smite. And that's normally a 17th level thing for Paladins as they unlock 5th level spells then. Add on the fact said slots CHARGE ON A SHORT REST and Fjord will be bringing the Divine PAIN on enemies.
Funny thing about paladins it’s your oath that gives you power. Your dedication to your own words is what gives you strength. That’s why my favorites are Oath of the Crown, Vengeance, and Conquest.
Can't be any evil if all the bad guys are too busy shaking in their boots to cause trouble... just don't end up a Hell Knight, or else every other Paladin in the realm (including and quite possibly especially other Conquest Paladins) will expend every spell slot to smite you simultaneously.
Shout out to my new Favorite Oath from Xanather's Guide to Everything, The Oath of Conquest; D&D's Heavy Metal Batman, who strikes Fear into the hearts of their quarry.
If you're playing a melee-class spellcaster, such as an Eldritch Knight or Pact of the Blade Warlock, definitely take 2 levels in Paladin. That way, all those other spell slots can be used to pour Divine Smite after Divine Smite into an enemy, doing way more damage than you should be in the first place.
I had a Dwarf paladin (with gitantism so he was a normal height) who spoke only in the third person and did everything for and in the name of Jesus. Good times.
As I reach for thy sword and take hold of judgement, I will take vengeance upon my enemies and smite those who hate me. Oh my queen, raise me to your right hand and count me among your champions.
I play a Half-Orc Paladin with a shield and the Defensive fighting style. Combined with Relentless Endurance and Lay on Hands, as well as Shield of Faith, he just never dies.
One of my concepts for play is a Warforged Paladin, Oath of Redemption. My GM even is willing to make his deity Serenrae because we both love the show. Play On, guys!
quick note, i may love critical role and liam, but i do have to shout out to XP to Level 3 for their paladin video because it gives a few different ways to play them that can make them a bit less one dimensional with the whole "holy bastion against evil"
My Paladin includes the following: High strength. High charisma. An intelligence of 8. Chaotic good. Follower of the God of death. Sold his soul to continue living so he could continue serving his God. Outbreaker, but doesn't knows it. Going to multiclass into warlock. The closest thing the party has to a healer.
Okay, everybody always goes on about Oath of Ancients being Paladin: Druid Flavour. But, really. Look at the text of the Oath, They're basically the Paladin of Throwing Sweet Parties.
I have never played d&d , but after watching these videos, i feel like playing a paladin and cross building it with a warlock while taking the path of the oathbreaker is pretty OP sounding
Minor PSA to new players: You technically don't *have* to choose a God to follow as a Paladin. Although Divine in nature, your magic comes from your adherence to your sacred oath, not necessarily from any particular god. The downside is that if you don't follow the tenets of your oath then it's quite possible that you'll lose your abilities, temporarily if you make amends and get your s**t in gear, but potentially permanently if you do so again. Choose your oath primarily for roleplay purposes rather than mechanics, or you might suffer consequences.
I was thinking about making a Path of the Zealot Barb/ Oath of Devotion Pally Scourge Aasimar character. The thought came to me while I was playing some Diablo 3 and rewatching the final arc of CR season 1.
I know going to 20 is unpopular but going to 20 on Conquest paladin makes you a unstoppable monster that can output up to 3d12(Greataxe) or 6d6 (greatsword) + 18d8 Radiant (Smites) + 5d10 force (Banishing Smite). You also crit on 19-20 and have resistance to everything.
Just for the record, Liam, "triage" doesn't mean "medical treatment". It refers to the prioritisation of said treatment. Things like deciding to treat someone who's been shot before someone who's stubbed their toe.
Best Part is your Oath doesn't need to be to a God, just something you believe in with all your heart/might. My Pally's oath was to the Crown Princess she was sworn to Protect. Not the King, Not the God's, just My Lady.
"is god calling?" *shows a picture of Matt Mercer*
Well he's not wrong
The raven shirt, the Frumpkin censor, the Arkhan callout... so many great things about this episode!
And yet Larkin is still missing.
@@UltimateMustacheX "Who's Larkin?"
@@inthemoment875 A guy from their first game. He disappeared, and we're all still looking for him.
@@UltimateMustacheX I know...It's a Vax quote...That's why I purposefully put it in quotation marks....
@@inthemoment875 He says "Who's Larkin"?... He knows Larkin. He usually says "Where's Larkin?"
"*Slow motion* I'M SORRY IT WAS JUST BUSINESS." i'm officaly death
Do you know if Joe's game is broadcast? I want to watch/listen to his adventures with the hand of vecna
@@TheDungineer I don't think so. His games are usually one shots with different group for what I know. You can watch him on different stream of dnd, like Streams of many eyes or something like that, where he, Travis, another dude (I don't remember his name) and Paul Wight (yea, Big show) plaied a one shot with their PG (Grog and Arkhan, Both with all their object).
@@eliasevergreen7763 That guy was his personal trainer. Joe discovered he was a long time D&D nerd.
Please help me; I'm so out of the loop on this one: what is the reference exactly????!!!?
Plez help, thank you.
@@heleenad4273 It's kind of a spoiler from the end of campaign 1, episode 114.
If you want to know it anyway, Arkhan (a character played by Joe Manganiello, special guest of the last episodes) after helping Vox Machina to defeat Vecna, immediately after he stole the Hand of Vecna pretending to want to destroy it, but instead he cut his own hand and replaced it with the Artifact. Before disappearing using the same Hand of Vecna, he turned to the now exhausted group of heroes and said "I'M SORRY IT WAS JUST BUSINESS", after which Joe himself fled the table, under laughter and screams of surprise of all.
It might be of note to mention that the player's handbook does not mention the Paladin to require an oath to a god. It could be as simple as an oath to protect the land... with the added complications.
Or an oath to protect the people.
one of the archetypes is a oath to the crown so unless one of your gods rules his own kingdom i don't think your serving a god
@@meme0taker87
Paladins don’t serve a god; think of it as you believing so fucking hard in your oath, that you get powers from it.
Now using a god as an explanatory thing is always awesome, but our lil knights don’t need a god’s acknowledgment to be granted powers. Most just go there because “they’re basically yoked Clerics”.
@@saintpoli6800
Here’s the general, but not set-in-stone, difference between cleric and paladin.
Paladin is a good fighter with minimal spellcasting
Cleric is a good spellcaster with minimal fighting
@@couragew6260
I’d disagree with the Cleric bit but about right.
ART DAD BACK TEACHING ME ABOUT DEM PALADINS?? HELL YEAH
Our daddy who art in heaven
Liam be thy name
Art dad is best dad
YEEEEEE!
aRT MOM?
Hells yeah.;)
Okay but hearing Liam say "I have faith in you" literally brought tears to my eyes.
Same, I need a clip of that to get me through midterms
Aw that's sweet
@@oniyurichan how’d you do?
christ you "critters" have some of the weakest minds and wills that i have ever seen.
@@TheDungineer It's absolutely pathetic.
I'm a simple guy, I see Liam and I hit like.
That's what Sam would say!
I'll just put Liam in all my videos
I just started playing a Paladin with a level in Bard. For all of his spells he uses spoken word in the form of Led Zeppelin lyrics 🤣
lol seems like a fun character
@@Xhelos it's so great, I put a doc together with 100 lyrics, so I just roll a d100 and boom
@@DeavTech that's a great idea! I might just steal this concept for a one shot coming up... :D
@@Xhelos hell yeah! I approve lol
Bless you for this. May you roll 20s next game.
Still terrifying when Paladins multiclass with Warlock with all that dang charisma.
Up to 12d8 of stacked smites =3
@@gryphoncompanion that....sounds terrifying
Oathbreaker + Hexblade is horrifying.
@MyRYNOrunsHot or just Vengeance Paladin and Hexblade. Just basically a warlock that became a huge aggro tank
@@rosenrot234 Vengeance for tanking, Oathbreaker for DPS. Stacking Hex Warrior + Lifedrinker + Aura of Hatred is bonkers.
Addendum for Paladins:
Divine Sense (Paladin 1)
This will allow you to sense the nearby presence of any nasties, be they celestials, fiends, or undead within 60 feet. You can use this a number of times equal to 1 + your Charisma modifier. Recharges after a long rest.
Lay on Hands (Paladin 1)
You start with 5 healing points and can use them how you wish, be it giving just 1 point to wake up an unconscious being or 5 points at once to cleanse someone of a poison or disease, but multiple diseases or poisons will require multiple uses of 5 points. Your healing pool maximum will go up by 5 each time you take a paladin level. Recharges after a long rest.
Fighting Style (Paladin 2)
You get to choose between four:
* Dueling for added damage when fighting one-handed.
* Defense for +1 to AC when wearing armor.
* Great Weapon Fighting for a chance to reroll low damage with two-handed weapons.
* Protection to impose disadvantage against a target trying to attack anyone within 5 feet of you, IF you're wielding a shield.
Spellcasting (Paladin 2)
You can prepare a number of spells each day much like a cleric, the only difference is that the number is determined by your Charisma modifier plus half your paladin levels rounded down. You gain 2nd-level slots at 5th-level, and then 3rd at 9, 4th at 13, and 5th at 17.
Divine Smite (Paladin 2)
Costs no action to use, and you can choose to apply when you hit so you don't waste a slot if you miss. The amount of radiant damage depends on the slot level you expended.
2d8 for a 1st-level slot, increases by 1d8 for each higher slot for a cap of 5d8. 1d8 is added immediately to all attacks at level 11.
Divine Health (Paladin 3)
You become immune to disease.
Sacred Oaths (Paladin 3)
Your choice of an oath grants you a single use of Channel Divinity and Oath Spells that don't go against your spell total, all of which are thematically appropriate for each oath.
And one more perk as early as level 6: Oath of Protection
Provided you are conscious, you and any allies within 10 feet of you gain a bonus to saving throws equal to your Charisma modifier. The range expands to 30 feet at level 18.
Also aura of warding(1/2 damage from spells) at 7th lvl if you go oath of the ancients.
@@mattspaar7751 True. But this addendum is about early features available to *all* paladins.
It's a shame this comment provides a better summary than the video itself. But even if the videos do not educate, at least they are entertaining.
@@JirkaKunst True, but it is a quick build video, not an in depth guide
@@strgz5329 Yeah, meant to educate how to get started in your first few levels of a certain class.
Although it will be interesting when they go into other topics, like the different races you can play.
This is a great starter guide, the only clarification I'd add so as to not confuse new players is that you don't need to follow a god as a 5E paladin.
"Although many paladins are devoted to gods of good, a paladin’s power comes as much from a commitment to justice itself as it does from a god." - PHB 82
1:33 Frumpkin is that you??
Yes twice!
I have a dex based paladin of selune that was inspired by Vax, she dual wields shortswords, one of them sings bawdy sea shanties
I've got a 'Paladin of good times,' who will be Dex-based if I ever get to play her in 5th. My current DM loves 4th, and we sorta needed me to stay as a Leader (healer)...so it gets complicated from there. What race is your Paladin of sea shanty shankery?
I love her
"Imsorryitwasjustbusiness".
Never gets old.
Dear Liam’s wife, your man is hot, intelligent and charismatic.
Where's she and why don't I get to see her on CR
@@TheDungineer According to Liam he just recently got her to play her first game ever.
@@SgtPriad nice! Hope she liked it!
Chiannachan Sam thanks you for saying that about his husband. XD
don't forget dextrous and wise!
My first ever D&D character was a female half-elf paladin. She died during the first encounter.
Ouch :(
RIP
how she'd die?
Some rogue bandit with a crossbow got a sneak attack crit. Also, the cleric was kept busy. Fun stuff.
I started a campaign a few months ago. By the end of the first session everyone but my lizardfolk fighter had died due to the dm trying to get us to fight 5 vampires (3 warriors and 2 spellcasters) and around 100 vampire spawn. We had 2 npcs with us that turned out to be fey lords and they killed the vampires, and I had rolled a natural 20 on a death saving throw. I got to be level 8 though.
Best class presented by best boi?
Liked.
I beg your pardon, bards with their + infinity persuasion would like to have a chat
That said, paladins do rank in my top 3 classes of 5e
To each their own i supose
Wait....this wasn't clerics presented by Travis.....
Strange... I thought Tal already talked about fighters.
That Frumpkin censor killed me XD
Yaaaaaaaaay frumpkin!
Got it, Oath of the Dad, thanks Liam. 😍
2:23
Git *meow* dunn!
Better than bleeps. Better cens-purr-ship!
I love the cat bleep! It is the best. And the 'iiim soorrryyy' so good😋
This was SUPER helpful. I'm building a paladin for my first adventure ever and I can't believe how spot on I was for picking that class. All I knew was, I wanted my name to be Dayspring and I wanted to have all my abilities named after Stan Bush songs.
Is it weird that I don't watch Critical Role, but still love the content on this channel? Yes? Hmmm, okay then. I'm sure I'll start watching someday... :)
Thank you for watching!
It's actually better this way...when, and if, you do...well, you have all that epic plot ahead of you.
I'd been subbed for years without even knowing what critical role even was.
@@Sheamu5 Not sure if this was meant to be a joke or something but this channel is only 7 months old.
That's how they get ya 😜
Reminder that you can lay hands on yourself (haha wink wink) and that you can choose to use your smite AFTER you hit. Smite damage is affected by critical hits, too, so you can blast liches down with max efficiency.
Liam made me think a bit of Obiwan Kenobi here.
Anyone feel that inner illidan slipping in when liam talks of embracing evil... I was not prepared
I LOVE YOU LIAM!!!!
Hey. Cool it.
As a Vengeance Pally, I think you mean Smite Slots. That you sometimes give up for utilities uses. Like haste.
I will never get over that opening song
Don't wish this campaign away so quickly
I'll listen to Sam sing anything
First D&D character I've ever played in a game is a very interesting Paladin. Being a Yuan-Ti Pureblood guarantees her several strange looks when she walks through town, but even more surprising is the large holy symbol she wears proclaiming her servitude to the Platinum Dragon Bahamut - certainly not the kind of deity anyone would expect the generally chaotic breed of snake-people to worship.
I love Liam and all but not getting Joe Manganiello to do this one was a missed opportunity
I was thinking the same thing...
Probably couldn't get him at the time of filming these second round of DnD HBH. That call out and moment of grimace was great.
Joe's a busy guy. It's probably understandable if he wasn't available anytime soon for the shoot.
Yeah no problem, I'm sure he's not a busy guy
But then they couldn't have done that awesome dig against his character!
nice shirt liam
Was looking for a comment about that :)
Dose any body have any idea where I can get that shirt?
Or have a high quality image file of that raven symbol?
It's so gorgeous, I want it.
I love Paladins and love the homebrew Oaths even more!
With the Hexblade Warlock, I've seen so many Paladins just multi-class into that with the minimum STR requirement of Paladin to get out of it of 13. So they just focus instead on a bit more DEX to be +2 for medium armors, and just more or less go all in on Charisma due to the Hex Warrior benefit of the Hexblade. Seen most just take a 2 dip into Warlock since then those are 2 first level spell slots that recharge on a short rest, they might go 3 just to go Pact of the Blade to always have a magic weapon in the future. But that's the extent I've seen typically then they just go all in on Paladin again.
Love how I can quote the beginning of this video without fail.
That wink tho...
Ahhh my favorite class. Nice to see some of the changes they made in 5e. Having only played 3.5e there was a point where most of the spells were meh and the damage really fell off unless you prestige classed well. My chosen God is and will always be Bahamut.
Paladins are by far my favorite class, especially Ancients paladins. Always wanted to play as part of a Druid and Ancients Paladin duo - the druid of an ancient grove and its sworn guardian.
I love to mix paladin with other casting classes like sorcerers and bards or even wizard, clerics, and druids as the increased spell slots from investing into full caster levels is great for high damage smites and depending on the full caster you spec into the bonus defense and melee capacity can be amazing
1:02 Smile - Sidon Approved! ;D
3:32 "I believe in you!" with a twist.
I made a paladin for a one-shot today! Decided to give him german flair, which reminds me... Could we get a series on this channel about fleshing out/ improving accents for characters? I could really use some insight from some pros!
Ja, das ist eine super Idee.
Anyone now any paladins who have the purpose to help settlements? If so let me know please
Oath of the Crown (from the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide) may suit - some details can be seen @ dnd5e.fandom.com/wiki/Paladin#Oath_of_the_Crown
Well, I mean, Preston, you are pretty much the Paladin of the Commonwealth. Though I guess a few BoS also are Paladins (Path of Vengeance), but not really for the Commonwealth.
I have an Oath of Devotion Paladin (tenets: honesty, courage, compassion, honour, duty) who is a devotee of Eldath (peace) and took the Folk Hero background pretty much for this exact reason. She's a girl from a town that was sacked by a warlord; when someone from the town militia was killed right in front of her, she felt compelled to pick up their sword and fight, thinking this was a little nudge in the right direction by her goddess.
The flavour text with the "compassion" tenet of Devotion says, "Aid others, protect the weak, and punish those who threaten them." The "Rustic Hospitality" feature of the Folk Hero background notes, "Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you fit in among them with ease." The common folk will shelter a Folk Hero who doesn't show they're a danger to them, but will not risk their own lives... for a Paladin of Devotion, I feel like this can also be swung around to the fact that they will also protect the common folk, from the smallest hamlet to the biggest metropolis.
The other option, of course--as someone else mentioned--is just to take the Oath of the Crown.
(She's also an aasimar foundling, raised by humans who own a bakery; I chose chef's tools for her tool proficiency from the Folk Hero background. When she uses magic, the area directly around her tends to smell like spices like cinnamon or cloves, or smell like fresh bread or cookies, etc.)
Oath of Redemption is good if you're looking to go out of your way to help others and bring about peaceful solutions to problems, without going all the way to Lawful Stupid.
(sigh) I'll be general, but you gotta stop staring at me arse.
I just love everything Liam does.
This guy seems destined to play an angry, vengeance seeking, gaint sword wielding paladin. He just has the voice for it, you know. 😉
I admit I have watched this video more than is probably healthy but I regret nothing, I see liam, I watch repeatedly.
That slowed down quite "nothing personal just business." I laughed way to hard.
As I just finished campaign 1, this video was like a stab to the gut while being spiritually revived.
Paladin is one of those classes you pick when your rolls are superb, because you need so many good stats to keep a Paladin alive. Good Strength and Constitution because you're on the front lines. Good Charisma for your influencing Skills, and good Wisdom because that's your spellcasting stat....unless that changed in 5E and now Spellcasting is Cha based.
Kuronosa it is charisma based.
Wisdom is never bad to have though, Paladins get proficiency in Wisdom saves too.
Paladin is the MADist class in the game.
In the older editions (like 1st and 2nd, they got rid of it for 3rd), classes had stat limitations so you could only play them if your stats were good enough. Paladin's required a Charisma of 17 if I remember correctly. The only classes you could play if your stats were too bad were the core four, fighter, cleric, thief, and magic-user (which is what they were called in 1st edition), because you only needed something like a 9 or 10 in their primary stat.
Personally a big fan of the Oath of Conquest. Love my Fire Genasi Paladin. “Bold and brash!”
It feels a bit provocative to have Liam do this episode
How so?
He's the only cast member who played a paladin (albeit as part of a multiclass), why wouldn't he be the one to do this ep?
Good to see your art acknowledging the iconic Dwarf Paladin instead of something silly like a Human Paladin.
I was a conquest paladin in a oneshot. I was a Kobold named Pelius the Blue and was both a devout child of Tiamat our rainbow scaled queen, and was had a very outgoing and lovey demeanor. He just thinks mama Tia is the best and will take any opportunity to show that off either showing his holy symbol (that was really an arts and crafts macaroni and sparkles level Amulet) depicting a rainbow colored Chinese dragon, or by finding any coloring books with Bahamut and color him like the rainbow with like 3 extra heads. Now he's not really a "bad" lizard but he would be seen as an enemy just because of what his society was. really want to use him for a proper campaign.
Looking at this again and if Fjord does go the Paladin route, he will have two 5th level spell slots to smack people with Divine Smite. And that's normally a 17th level thing for Paladins as they unlock 5th level spells then. Add on the fact said slots CHARGE ON A SHORT REST and Fjord will be bringing the Divine PAIN on enemies.
Funny thing about paladins it’s your oath that gives you power. Your dedication to your own words is what gives you strength. That’s why my favorites are Oath of the Crown, Vengeance, and Conquest.
Conquest Paladin: "Yeah, sure, I'm the good guy."
Can't be any evil if all the bad guys are too busy shaking in their boots to cause trouble... just don't end up a Hell Knight, or else every other Paladin in the realm (including and quite possibly especially other Conquest Paladins) will expend every spell slot to smite you simultaneously.
Thanks Liam! Nice dig on Joe, I don't follow his game but I hope he gets to use the hand of vecna!
Literally been waiting for this
As someone planning a Paladin for an upcoming game (LN Fallen Aasimar Conquest Paladin Boros Legionnaire), I only hope Vax would be proud of him.
oh my goodness this video got so much better now i understand the 'severed hand' refererence
DAmn you Maginello!
(Pops in with her Oath of the Ancients, Gnome, Paladin) Ohai~
Gods? Never heard of them. My Oath is all it took for me. (Ancients/Divine soul sorc)
Shout out to my new Favorite Oath from Xanather's Guide to Everything, The Oath of Conquest; D&D's Heavy Metal Batman, who strikes Fear into the hearts of their quarry.
One of my favourite voice actors teaching me about my favourite class? YES PLEASE
If you're playing a melee-class spellcaster, such as an Eldritch Knight or Pact of the Blade Warlock, definitely take 2 levels in Paladin. That way, all those other spell slots can be used to pour Divine Smite after Divine Smite into an enemy, doing way more damage than you should be in the first place.
This is the guide that I have been waiting for the most.
Dexterity vengeance Paladins with elven accuracy and 19 crits are pretty neat though
every time Liam talks in his normal voice I just keep Hearing yasou sounds
I had a Dwarf paladin (with gitantism so he was a normal height) who spoke only in the third person and did everything for and in the name of Jesus. Good times.
LloydFreakingIrving good on you mate! ✊
As I reach for thy sword and take hold of judgement, I will take vengeance upon my enemies and smite those who hate me. Oh my queen, raise me to your right hand and count me among your champions.
So many puns.I can't help but see and hear you as the bartender in new vegas
I once created a Leonin “Oath of Glory” Paladin, who grew up in a family of Stone Giants.
just finished my first character and gonna play for the first time in a few days, made a pally with a dab of warhammer 40k fanaticism, should be fun
I totally want to see Liam play a sword and board paladin at some point.
I play a Half-Orc Paladin with a shield and the Defensive fighting style. Combined with Relentless Endurance and Lay on Hands, as well as Shield of Faith, he just never dies.
I hopped they would throw some good natured shade at Joe for what he did and I was happy to see they didn't let me down.
After hearing him just in caleb's voice for ages just listening to this voice makes my body activate a fight or flight response
My very first and very favourite character I built was a Fire Genasi Paladin. This made me feel pretttty proud
Oathbreaker Paladin is the best, I'm playing an Oathbreaker paladin and they're my favorite subclass.
One of my concepts for play is a Warforged Paladin, Oath of Redemption. My GM even is willing to make his deity Serenrae because we both love the show. Play On, guys!
Lol Joe's voice during the zoom-in shot to Liam's face of raw annoyance.
I hope we get a paladin next season
My money's on Marisha. She's played them twice in oneshots.
@cak01vej Yeah but come on. A straight up paladin is the only class we haven't seen yet.
@@MyRYNOrunsHot I bet Travis as a Dragonborn Paladin, but y'know... an actual good Paladin.
@@nhahtrebor91 Kerik?
Oath of conquest is amazing especially when you deus vault
3:00 just wonderful
quick note, i may love critical role and liam, but i do have to shout out to XP to Level 3 for their paladin video because it gives a few different ways to play them that can make them a bit less one dimensional with the whole "holy bastion against evil"
THAT'S WHAT HIS REAL VOICE SOUNDS LIKE?
My Paladin includes the following:
High strength.
High charisma.
An intelligence of 8.
Chaotic good.
Follower of the God of death.
Sold his soul to continue living so he could continue serving his God.
Outbreaker, but doesn't knows it.
Going to multiclass into warlock.
The closest thing the party has to a healer.
Okay, everybody always goes on about Oath of Ancients being Paladin: Druid Flavour.
But, really. Look at the text of the Oath, They're basically the Paladin of Throwing Sweet Parties.
So basically bard college for Paladins :P
I have never played d&d , but after watching these videos, i feel like playing a paladin and cross building it with a warlock while taking the path of the oathbreaker is pretty OP sounding
FINALLY PALADIN!!!!! AND LIAM DID IT *SQUEAL*
Minor PSA to new players: You technically don't *have* to choose a God to follow as a Paladin. Although Divine in nature, your magic comes from your adherence to your sacred oath, not necessarily from any particular god. The downside is that if you don't follow the tenets of your oath then it's quite possible that you'll lose your abilities, temporarily if you make amends and get your s**t in gear, but potentially permanently if you do so again. Choose your oath primarily for roleplay purposes rather than mechanics, or you might suffer consequences.
I was thinking about making a Path of the Zealot Barb/ Oath of Devotion Pally Scourge Aasimar character. The thought came to me while I was playing some Diablo 3 and rewatching the final arc of CR season 1.
First proper PC was a paladin in a Taldorei campaign. Lot of fun.
I know going to 20 is unpopular but going to 20 on Conquest paladin makes you a unstoppable monster that can output up to 3d12(Greataxe) or 6d6 (greatsword) + 18d8 Radiant (Smites) + 5d10 force (Banishing Smite). You also crit on 19-20 and have resistance to everything.
Just for the record, Liam, "triage" doesn't mean "medical treatment". It refers to the prioritisation of said treatment.
Things like deciding to treat someone who's been shot before someone who's stubbed their toe.
I've only ever watched season 2 of Critical Role so I wasn't expecting that voice. I know they're all voice actors but god damn.
The best episode on so many levels.
The raven shirt really completes this.
Best Part is your Oath doesn't need to be to a God, just something you believe in with all your heart/might. My Pally's oath was to the Crown Princess she was sworn to Protect. Not the King, Not the God's, just My Lady.
Thanks I was make a paladin I think I'm going for oathbreaker or vengeance
"sorry it's just business" hahaha great memories!
Great video and awesome shirt Liam! :D