#BRANDING SMITE 5E FULL#

Xanathar’s Guide to Everything Optional Books for Races They also have Channel Divinity: Conquering Presence to unleash an AoE fear upon their foes.

#BRANDING SMITE 5E FULL#

Their spell list is full of spells like Hold Person that prevent creatures from acting. Oath of Conquest Paladins, however, have quite a few spells and features to subjugate their enemies.

They bring plenty of utility and support to the party, but usually, they are more focused on decimating their foes than preventing them from doing anything. Paladins, though, are not traditionally focused on crowd control. I love playing spellcasters like clerics and sorcerers as support/crowd control heavy characters. I’m a huge fan of crowd control-focused characters. Instead, we’ll wield something that can make use of Great Weapon Master so we can choose to gamble for some even more burst damage. We’re going to throw caution to the wind and ditch the shield with this build. But, spellcasting is all about making choices anyway so this is nothing new. The trade-off, of course, is that you’ll be less able to provide utility and crowd control the more you choose to smite. Generally speaking, it’s usually worth it to use Divine Smite often and with gusto. While it requires you to use up one of your precious spell slots, it’s oftentimes worthwhile. The paladin class at its core is notoriously excellent at providing some hefty burst damage thanks to Divine Smite. Goals of this Build Heavy-Hitting Single Target Damage Oath of Conquest (Right) has some serious “bend the knee” vibes. However, like any character in D&D alignment isn’t tied to a class, subclass, etc. When I played this character in a one-shot I made her a power-hungry evil character and it worked quite well. These paladins are made to break this stereotype of the “goodie-two-shoes” paladin. Oath of Conquest Paladins intimidate their enemies either by magical means or by a show of force. Oath of Conquest from Xanathar’s Guide to Everything caught my eye because of its flavor. Even still, paladins have carried this expectation over even though mechanically they are not tied to a specific alignment. Up until 5th edition, though, paladins have generally been framed as the “good guys” of D&D. I’ve played various editions of D&D throughout various stages of my life now.

Branding smite 5e