Oath of the Ancients

Oath of the Ancients is one of the Subclasses of Paladin. These Paladins have a deep connection with the natural world and the light within it.
== Subclass features ==
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: Here is the full text of the Oath of the Ancients. For more details, see Oaths and Oathbreaking.
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:; Channel Oath
:: Heal yourself and all nearby allies for hit points. Regain another hit points next turn.
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:: Invoke primeval forces to restrain an enemy. Attacks on restrained enemies have 
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:: Channel your Oath using ancient words to nearby Fey and Fiends.
; Oath Spells
:You gain additional spells from your oath. They are Always Prepared.
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; Oath Spells
: You gain additional spells from your oath. They are Always Prepared.
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: You and any nearby allies have Resistance to damage from spells. The aura disappears if you fall Unconscious.
; Oath Spells
: You gain additional spells from your oath. They are Always Prepared.
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==Oathbreaking actions==
This section details actions which cause Paladins to break the Oath of the Ancients.
=== Global ===
* Killing someone non-hostile, even by "accident" (e.g., an NPC steps into an area-of-effect spell, such as Moonbeam or Spike Growth, and dies). This includes the petrified drow in the underdark
* Actions that guards do not like, or add the Witness status, appear to cause a broken Oath; even attacking Duergar in Grymforge after offering to free the deep gnomes has caused this.
** Starting combat via conversational choices rather than attacking directly often prevents this from breaking the oath
* Shoving someone to their death also counts as breaking the Oath. This sometimes also includes evil characters, such as Assassins of Bhaal in Orin's arena.
=== Act 1 ===
Roadside Cliffs
* Attacking Damays and Nymessa (tieflings who guard trapped Lae'zel) by any means, including options that occur through the dialogue
* As The Dark Urge, chopping off Gale's hand at the point of his possible recruitment
Emerald Grove/The Hollow
* When the Shadow Druids reveal themselves, telling Kagha the player character won't stand in her way
* Prodding the wing of the Exhausted Bird. As The Dark Urge, this option runs as "Tear her wings off".
* As The Dark Urge, breaking Pandirna's legs
Forest
* Killing the Owlbear Cub after killing its mother.
Sunlit Wetlands/Putrid Bog
* Attacking Auntie Ethel in her house prior to starting an automated dialogue
* Succumbing to Auntie Ethel's will while wearing a Whispering Mask
* Trading an eye to Auntie Ethel in exchange for a cure
* Using the Bitter Divorce wand to resurrect Connor Vinderblad after defeating Auntie Ethel
* Making a deal with Auntie Ethel to let her escape
Goblin Camp
* Revealing the location of the Emerald Grove to Minthara, either showing her or allowing her to read the player character's thoughts
* In Worg Pens, choosing to attack Halsin while he is still in bear form, throwing a rock at him, or leaving him to the goblins' mercy
Risen Road
* Killing Anders (the false Paladin of Tyr at The Risen Road Toll House) without first talking with him, even if a fight began due to a failed pickpocket
Rosymorn Monastery/Creche Y'llek
* Killing Varrl, when he refuses to spar with the character. Failing the roll to stab him non-fatally will also break the Oath
* As The Dark Urge, kicking the Githyanki Egg off the cliffside when talking to Lady Esther
Underdark
* Allowing Nere kill the enslaved deep gnomes after he is freed from the cave-in
* Siding with Nere against Elder Brithvar and duergar rebels
* In Ebonlake Grotto, siding with Sovereign Glut and help it defeat Sovereign Spaw
* Killing a spore servant that created when Glut has joined the party during the Defeat the Duergar Intruders quest
* Killing any of the petrified drow near the Selunite Outpost while they are still encased in stone
* As The Dark Urge, throwing Baelen's bag in the midst of spores at the bibberbang field
Camp
* As The Dark Urge, after killing Alfira, choosing to "admire this beautiful death"
=== Act 2 ===
Shadow-Cursed Lands
* During the Punish the Wicked quest, ordering Madeline, or calling her a coward and denying her forgiveness
* When first talking to Dolly Thrice, turning the mechanism of the Moonlantern, causing her pain
** OR Choosing to leave the pixie inside the Moonlantern, ignoring her plea
** OR, as The Dark Urge, releasing the pixie from the Moonlantern, then catching and crushing her
Last Light Inn
* Encouraging Mol to sign a contract with Raphael, or praising her ambitiousness also breaks the Oath
* Siding with Marcus when he attempts to kidnap Isobel
* As The Dark Urge, reveal the player character's depravity to the Strange Ox
Moonrise Towers
* Letting Questioners Jasin and Sumera wipe Minthara’s mind
** OR Taking part in the execution and erasing her (as The Dark Urge, the "Make her NOTHING" option)
* Convincing Acolyte Marls to jump from the pier
* As The Dark Urge, speaking with Steelclaw and trying to remember what the player character did previously
Gauntlet of Shar
* In the Shadowfell, letting Balthazar take Aylin to deliver her to Ketheric Thorm
* Letting Shadowheart kill Aylin
** OR Attacking and killing Aylin (if Shadowheart is not in the party)
Camp
* As The Dark Urge, killing the player character's partner instead of Isobel
=== Act 3 ===
Rivington
* Trying to intimidate Ben Golewits and his family into leaving Arfur Gregorio's mansion (regardless of roll result)
* Providing the newborn mind flayer in the Abandoned Windmill basement with a dead body to feed
* As The Dark Urge, revealing the player character's depravity to the Strange Ox
Wyrm's Crossing/Wyrm's Rock Fortress
* Agreeing to take gold from Arfur Gregorio to 'forget' about rigged toys he donated for refugees
* Accepting Gortash's proposal of alliance at the ordaining ceremony
* Bringing Wulbren's head to Manip Falcäo
* Killing the jailers in Wyrm's Rock Prison 
Lower City
* In front of Sorcerous Sundries, inviting Aradin to try and kidnap Aylin from the camp
* At the Abandoned Cistern, after defeating doppelgangers, agreeing with the Emperor when it insists on killing Minsc, OR attacking and killing him directly
* Letting Viconia DeVir live after defeating her in the Cloister of Sombre Embrace
* Letting Astarion to complete the Rite of Profane Ascension
** OR, Convincing him not to ascend, but then deciding to set free the imprisoned spawn
* As The Dark Urge, at the Graveyard burying Bugthimble alive
* As The Dark Urge, accepting Bhaal's gift and blessings
==External links==
Category:Subclasses