I saw a video about Illusion Wizards making cubes of mythical (Anything) real for 1 minute, but can't find the video. Could someone link it, it looked cool. :)

What about potion of haste? Or what feats would you recommend? (Other than Sentinel which I put on every Paladin I make because no one hits my team mates but me)

@@alvinleonardo1263 Potion of haste is good! Lots of great feats depending on what you want! Great Weapon Master, Fey Touched, Shadow Touched, Warcaster, Magic Initiate all come to mind as strong options, more offbeat but powerful and flavourful choices include Inspiring Leader, Sheild Master, Mounted Combatant, and Resiliant, depending on your build!

@@DnDShorts ok a bit of correction for paladins. they are not pledges to a god, they have made an oath of some kind and as long as working with the entity that you chose for your warlock level goess with that oath you are fine. rarely does a paladin ever make an oath to a god

Ironically one of the most powerful and thematic subclasses of Paladin you can multiclass with Hexblade is the one where you aren't actually pledged to a god anymore. Oathbreaker + Hexblade = *Hexbreaker*

I love that idea, it's so creative

I had a paladin who was helping raise money to get a friend out of jail. He wanted to go as quickly as possible, so he commanded his first opponent to ‘forfeit’. It worked 😎

i had a friend who played a paladin named GORD (all caps is how its spelled) and he was also stupid and strong and this comment reminds me of him

So basically, they played a millennial. Sounds annoying.

@@daveroles3783 Millenials are 30+ now bro

The celestial warlock exists for a reason. Smite with action, heal with bonus action. The perfect character.

Was about to put this in. I have a Pally 5, Warlock 3 character, who is devoted to 'the protection of Nature and peace' and who draws his power from the concept of a living earth. His Patron is Izmus, a Fae Royal who is on par with a lower level god in terms of power, who loves nature, and despises senseless violence.

I agree, paladins are not clerics.

Yep, Paladins are literally not required to be pledged to a god. They get an Oath to a principle. No reason that their Patron can't go with that just fine.

@@dreamwolf7302 I have a concept build that I haven't gotten the chance to play yet, but he's an Oath of Redemption Paladin/Celestial Warlock Aasimar. Aasimar have a connection to a celestial being inside them. So for Warlock his Patron is that Celestial being. And for Paladin his God that he swore the oath to is the Celestial Beings God.

Good point! I meant to say no race can fly in heavy armor at level 1! Aasimar do make great paladins for that 1 per day flight speed transformation they get , and they're very fitting thematically too

Also, +2 Charisma is great.

@@DnDShorts gonna be real, it's kinda on brand that aasimar are good pallys, like how tieflings are good Warlocks

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An idea I have for this is that your warlock swore an oath to a god indirectly, via one of their angels, and in exchange the Angel granted them a heavenly weapon (hwnce the hexblade levels)

Build wise, it's good. It actually simplifies the whole Str Dex situation because you only need the bare minimum for plate at that point. Get 12 levels in hexblade warlock and you can add your Charisma mod twice to damage. Pair that with Devotion palidan and you add your Charisma mod twice to attack. It's a good build, add assimar for extra damage and holy fluff. All in all, good for duels, but not good for protracted fights.

Also, if you cast Smite spell while riding your mount from Find (Greater) Steed, you can make the spell affect the mount as well.

@@Lavastaramus Sharing spells doesn't mean you both get the effect for one spell slot. It means that you can target your mount with spells that normally only target "self". It would be a bit too good otherwise since Divine Favour etc exist.

I agree it's the best of the 1st level damage spells, but I personally don't like it on my builds because paladins usually have quite a low spell save DC, concentration is risky when you're on the front lines, you burn the spell when there's a chance you might miss and waste it, and often at low levels a divine smite is enough to kill, which is always better than adding the frightened condition! But that's just my thoughts on it!

@@DnDShorts I agree, it's something I would use more on Bosses, maybe with the assistance of The-New-Spell-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

Wrathful Smite+Setinel is fun.

Definitely prefer Command as my first level spell. It's not a charm spell and can dramatically affect a battle.

@@DnDShorts With a 16 Cha (very achievable), the paladin's DC isn't noticeably worse than other (low level) casters. And the riders on this spell make it better than almost every other Smite spell out there, especially for the level. If you manage to land it on a big, melee-oriented creature which isn't going down this round, the control aspects of the Frightened condition are worth the price of a 1st level slot & your concentration. You can back away, and give your whole party a safe zone where the creature cannot enter. And it's VERY hard to break out of, once landed (plus it eats the creature's whole Action for even the attempt). It's the only Smite spell worth the slot & concentration until Banishing (good luck getting to 17th level!), and thus the only one I've ever used.

No, it will cover material components with no cost, but somatic means hand signs, meaning you need a free hand

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RAW Booming Blade has a range of self and cannot be used via Warcaster (the spell must target the creature). Same for Green Flame Blade and Primal Savagery.

@@philippegauvin-vallee9371 just realised they changed it with TCE. RIP the combo in RAW then

@@philippegauvin-vallee9371 I would disagree, the spell still targets the creature because part of casting the spell is making an attack, which would obviously target the creature.

@@conduit64 You could argue that, but it would be wrong. The target of the spell must be within the range of the spell, and for Booming Blade, the range is self. Out of the box, the only way to target a separate creature with a spell with a range of self - and this is at best theoretical - if that target creature also happens to be the caster. A time travelling future self, a quantum duplicate, whatever. Now, the effect of the spell can certainly affect a non-target creature, but that creature is not the target of the spell, only its effects.

The range of Booming Blade is not self, it is self (5 ft radius). Meaning you are the origin of the spell's effect, not the target. Your target is a single creature you make an attack against. Per Jeremy Crawford, Booming Blade is still fine for War Caster.

Gunblade :D

@@32Loveless50 Gunblade with smite? Badass af

played a Celestial Lock before and with that you will have a lot of bonus action heals :)

Do Divine Soul sorcerer

@@alheimianservant1499 I did considered it, but it requires 2-3 lvl, compared to only 1 lvl in warlock (I don't know how long will campaign last). Favored by gods is good, but I'm personally drawn to warlock.

@@BlackGruya Consider taking 2 levels, the ranged option is not especially good if you don't take the agonizing blast invocation

not really. the spells target who you hit with the attack. rules are weird.

Warlocks aren't either. Clerics I think are but I've read of some people changing that, too Edit: actually to be clear a warlock must have a patron to level up as a warlock. But if they lose it they keep their powers.

@@EsquilaxM I'm a little harsh with my warlocks if they lose faith with thier patron.

They aren't, But they can be. So whatever

I made pretty much this point and a guy who obviously hadn't read the Players Handbook argued with me for the better part of an hour. Lol I was dropping direct quotes and page numbers too.

Awesome idea!

Or have your weapon possessed with a spirit of ancient saint or something like that. Or said saint (or something akin guardian angel) could be sent to assist you by your god, and find it more convenient to share some of his power with you instead of constantly babysitting you. Another flavor for divine power to be channeled through the weapon is to have some part of great sacred value embedded in it (e.g. a nail from the cross). An entire quest can be created to retrieve this weapon (and a warlock level with it).

No basically about it

I mean a hexblade vengeance paladin with not only divine smite, but eldritch smite when you need to knock that dragon on it’s ass is where it’s at

Not to mention Pact of the Tome can give you a 1-handed Charisma-based weapon by picking up Shillelagh.

If you've already got war caster and celestial warlock picking up green flame blade would do you some good. Especially if you take celestial warlock to 6 for the extra Cha mod added to all fire and radiant damage spells. My ideal blast furnace build is 2 paladin for plate armor, a shield, a staff, and everything else paladin gives. Then at least 3 levels of celestial warlock for tome pact, shillelagh, and any 2 other key cantrips. You can get book of ancient secrets to get find familiar and later on learn every other ritual in the game. Dip into dragon sorcerer, take both warlock and sorcerer to 6, then dump all remaining levels into sorcerer. At 6 celestial warlock adds the Cha mod once to every fire and radiant spell. At 6 dragon sorcerer also adds their Cha mod the every spell of their dragon's element. So red or gold in this case. Being a tiefling with flames of phlegethos is also a nice buff to the build. With War Caster and either quickened spell or illusionist's bracers you'll be casting green flame blade two to three times a turn, rolling a number of d8's nearly equal to the d6's in a rogues sneak attack, and adding you Cha mod to the damage of each green flame blade swing 3 to 4 times. All while decked out in full plate, a shield, and swinging a flaming stick in wide arcs like an old timey manual weed whacker.

Funny enough... I made a Paladin of Flame build with a character who essentially lived and grew up inside of the Plane of Fire. With a little DM retheming on the Sorcerer subclass, I ended up with this: 6 Vengeance Paladin, 1 Hexblade Warlock, Remainder as Sorcerer (Fire Draconic - rebranded as just Fire Elemental). Essentially, my character was a master and zealot of all things fire - ranging from divine flames, flames of darkness (a bit of flavor from the warlock bit), pure flames, etc. Naturally, my feats and abilities towards empowering fire in many different ways and thematically - I loved the hell out of the character. It felt more or less everything like a paladin should, but with far more offensive options and a whole new spin on the connection to something divine. My character was dedicated to the primal element of fire and all aspects that embodied it: ranging from rebirth, vengeance, destruction and purification. Basically, got away mostly with Cha/Con as stats which helped consolidate the build.

Oath of Conquest Paladin... Fear spell... If it works and the target is within 10ft of the Paladin, the target must: 1: Drop everything the target in holding. 2: Can only use their action to grovel. 3: Their speed is reduced to 0 for the duration of the spell. 4: Every round the paladin spends within 10 ft of the now feared target causes said target to take psychic damage every round. 5: The only ways to break that fear is to have someone OTHER than the target dispel the effect, OR if the target can break line of sight, THEN then can take an action to attempt to break the fear.

@@AmishGangsta404 sorry for simple question, why does the target grovel? I thought they would be frightened with all the other conditions you mention, am I missing an interaction here?

@@jiminkpen9750 It's a condition of the fear spell. The target MUST use it's action to move away from you *or* if it cannot (such as having it's movement speed reduced to 0) it must use it's action to grovel.

@@AmishGangsta404 that's interesting, that caveat is not on the wikidot version of the spell, it must have been changed in some version.

Its so great and the spell list is great too!

Watchers has surpassed them now

It could also be some high-ranking angel or other celestial under the deity. Or a high-ranking entity similar to/aligned with the paladin's, uh, Patron? I guess? Cause a Paladin doesn't have to have a deity anymore if I remember the changes in 5e correctly.

@@thejadedrabbitTJR that is correct, Paladins draw their powers from an oath they make rather than from a particular patron/deity. In other words as long as they maintain an ideal or desire, they will have access to their abilities. If their desires were to wane or if they were to break the fundamentals of their oath, such as a paladin of vengeance forgiving the target of their hatred or if they were to start doubting their belief system, they would either start losing their powers, or become an oath breaker for example. I just used the deity as an example as most paladins are a member of some sort of order or faction that can have an association or faith tied to it somewhere. Even if the orders underlings are unaware of what the top ranked members are doing, the connection still trickles down to even the most fledgling of members. Alternatively, the DM could treat the paladin the same way the ancient Greek gods did, the paladin could draw the attention of a god that they either don't worship or unaware of, and be granted their weapon simply because that deity wants to see what they would do with it, much like how the player comes across many of the Elder Scrolls Daedric artifacts in game.

@@mathewpoole3589 maybe even an ally entity of that god, like dollowing the goddess of nature and an old patron on some forest grant it a sword to help him serve her goddess

Why is that a problem?

@@fredfullthedreadful It's only a problem if you're a player from previous editions and aren't a fan of the huge departure between old Paladins and the new 5e Paladin. I don't personally see the problem since it was already something for Clerics in previous editions to be able to be pledged to a cause or an idea. Why can't Paladins do the same?

@@TonberryShuffle Plus, if they prefer the oldschool style of Clerics and Paladins, they can just use that and leave these newfangled ideas to the younger folk

Winged Tieflings can only fly in medium or lower armor unfort, otherwise 100% I agree EB is great on Paladins!

@@DnDShorts Protector Aasimar on the other hand...

Will definitely need to make this into a combo video! Great shout!

Plus I think you can divine smite with them, since they’re technically melee weapons

@@BovineTerror Melee weapon attack means a melee attack with a weapon or unarmed strike, not to be confused with attacks made from melee weapons. 5e messed up this language because they though "natural" language was easier to understand.

@@SpiderWaffle but wouldn’t that mean a paladin could smite with a crossbow as long as it was in melee range?

@@BovineTerror no, there's no such thing as melee range. reach weapons can make 10ft melee weapon attacks, lunging strike can add 5ft, bug bear on their turn can add 5ft, so 20ft melee weapon attacks are possible. The range has nothing to do with if an attack counts as a melee weapon attack.

@@SpiderWaffle ok thanks, so then what constitutes a melee attack?

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He commented on lightning javelin as an option.

@@jawamaster Yes. Ones a basic and overall cheap piece of equipment that gives options and the other's a magic weapon. One of these things is not like the other.

It is a straight strength weapon. The item description says you require a strength score of 18 to use it. Otherwise, all attacks are made with disadvantage.

"Since it makes it harder for the enemy to succeed their saving throw" Correction: Since it makes it harder for the enemy to succeed their Wisdom ability check...no longer a saving throw after you fall into this trap!

Just because they don't get their powers by praying to a god, doesn't mean they don't get their powers from gods. A paladin who draws his powers from sheer force of will is not a paladin, he is a sorcerer. Although paladins serve orders, those orders act (in one way or another) in favor of the ideals of some deity, so they are blessed with powers, and so they can lose them.

There is no text that I am aware of that paladins can "lose" their power, they just become "oathbreakers", which I can easily explain by saying that them breaking their own oath has corrupted their power. Why in the heck would a god that gives the paladin power let him keep that power under the "oathbreaker" subclass? Also, sorcerers need internal power that they then learn to harness, paladins don't need that.

@@alkatron768 You are totally and absolutely wrong. The paladin class, in the player's manual, there's a box right at the start of the subclasses that explains what happens if you break your oath. It says there that if you break your oath you need to find another paladin of your order or a CLERIC to absolve you. Why would a cleric be an option if your power isn't divine? And the examples of atonement that he talks about are praying, fasting, etc., religious acts. And it also says, that if you break your oath and don't repent, you won't be able to level up any more paladin. Becoming an oathbreaker is an option where the paladin twists to an evil level, drawing their powers from a dark deity.

Seeing how the warlock also is a charisma class, one can see that the spell casting ability does not determine the source of one's power. You could easily make the argument that cleric's, as wisdom based casters, receive their powers from a deep-rooted understanding of the world they inhabit. Their closeness to the very essence of the universe is what enables them to tap into the power of the outer planes. Since the world is inherently tied to the gods, this interpretation does not contradict the idea that praying gives them power. Clerics are also described in the PHB to be sent out by divine beings not just to spread the world, but to bring change to it, so they too benefit their deity through direct action. They are clerics, not preachers (although being a cleric does not mean that one cannot be a preacher). Wisdom based powers are repeatedly explained as coming from being one with one's reality - be this the reality of divine interconnectedness (clerics), nature (druids and rangers), or the essence of what it means to be to begin with (monks). Now, again, I am not arguing that any particular ability modifier can define the source of the particular powers received through them - my point is, that the source of power can only be determined individually - it IS purely flavor, even some settings may be restrictive, there usually are multiple ways to attain certain powers without needing to fit a particular "canoncial niche".

@@caurd One by one then. It doesn't say it "needs" to be a paladin or a cleric, it says "typically", it could be though, clerics could just act like psychiatrists, anything they would see as a trustful person with experience in the field they seek atonement from would probably work, like the local lord overseeing corn production. Many non-religious people do things like fasting to "punish" themselfes for things they think they need punishment for, that specifically can therefore benefit my argument. Anything that helps to correct things from the Paladins point of view should work just fine. "If you break your oath you can't get more levels in Paladin", don't know where you got that from, but it implies that you can keep your levels, meaning it was not taken from you, so why would the god not do that? You would certainly not get any stronger from your corn-obsession if you stopped fighting for corn, but any strength you had gotten you'd get to keep, like, obviously. So it works for my argument.

Paladins don't even worship a god in 5e, they get their power from their oath.

@@thenarwhalmage oh definitely - the oath itself can be to a god as well though. And I believe in this instance that’s what they were describing.

Can you make an oath to yourself?

@@kaldo_kaldo I guess, if it's oath of glory or vengeance or something and you are just trying to accomplish a personal goal I would totally allow that