Can a paladin be evil?

Paladins can be any of alignment, although evil paladins are extremely rare. However, their oath and their alignment can either be in harmony, or their oath might represent standards that they have not yet attained.
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What is an evil paladin called?

If your paladins are basically holy warriors with priest like spells (in general following good gods), then your evil paladins could either have a generic name (Death Knight, Dark Knight, Anti-Paladin etc), or a name that focuses on the god they follow and get their spells from.
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Can a paladin serve an evil god?

Most paladins serve actual gods, though a few act as champions of a primordial, demon, or devil though in the latter two cases they must commit atrocities such as the sacrifice of sapients in order to retain their powers.
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Is there a dark paladin?

Dark paladins are the antithesis of paladins. They champion evil gods and the ideals of power, glory, wickedness and combat. Contrary to what many believe, dark paladins are not chaotic evil. They must be lawful evil in alignment.
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Are there bad paladins?

Without spoiling too much, we can tell you that wielding the Light is a matter of having willpower or faith in one's own ability to do it. That's why there are evil paladins (for example, the Scarlet Crusade and Arthas before he took up Frostmourne).
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Do paladins believe in God?

Most Paladins are sworn to a deity. But all Paladins recieve their powers from deities, whether or not they are aware of it or not. Thats a given. Their powers and spells use Divine magic, they use Holy symbols, they recieve powers before they swear oaths (if you want to go technical).
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Can you have a lawful evil paladin?

All paladin oaths except Devotion can be Lawful Evil, even Redemption. And if your DM allows you to rephrase the last three oaths to not be so goody two-shoes while maintaining the spirit of the oath, or for you to make the devotion paladin an extraplanar/demon-hunter paladin instead, then all oaths can be Lawful Evil.
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Can a Paladin have no God?

All that matters is that the paladin truly believes in and sticks to whatever their oath is. Paladins and Clerics don't need gods and the magic of bards doesn't have to be musical.
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What is a black Paladin?

Edit. The Black Paladins are a group that operate in Lyonessa, Avalon and Vespernia. They protect Ducaite cathedrals from any harm much like the Sightfort Paladins of Astiroth.
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Can paladins be evil in 5e?

Yes, a Paladin can be evilly aligned in Dungeons and Dragons. While the stereotype of a Paladin is a Lawful Good White Knight, there are no mechanical limitations in 5th Edition that prevent a Paladin from being evil or even Chaotic, they don't even have to believe in god.
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Can paladins be chaotic evil?

paladins are rarely of any evil alignment

Paladins who uphold these tenets are willing to sacrifice even their own righteousness to mete out justice upon those who do evil, so the paladins are often neutral or lawful neutral in alignment.
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Can paladins smell evil?

Hadn't noticed this before but the Paladin's Divine Sense has an always active component: “The presence of strong evil registers on your Senses like a noxious odor, and powerful good rings like heavenly music in your ears.”
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How do you make a paladin evil?

Oathbreaker Paladin is probably what you're looking for. You can totally be an evil paladin. Out of the available oaths, oathbreaker is for sure the play. So just pick any oath, then immediately break it and go oathbreaker.
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What makes someone a paladin?

any determined advocate or defender of a noble cause.
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What is a real paladin?

A paladin or paladine was a person with a lot of power in many countries during the medieval and in early modern Europe. The word paladin was first used in Ancient Rome for a chamberlain of the Emperor, and also for the imperial palace guard, called the Scholae Palatinae by Constantine.
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Which god is the paladin?

Torm and Tyr are both popular deities for paladins, as is Ilmater, who stresses self-sacrifice and the alleviation of suffering. Although less common, there are paladins of the following deities: Helm, Hoar, Lathander, Sune, Corellon Larethian, The Red Knight, Clangeddin Silverbeard, Arvoreen, and Mystra.
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What race can be paladin?

So every player race (except maybe Green Orcs still need to look into that) can in theory become a Paladin. The real barrier to becoming Paladins is the culture part. Generally Blizz wants there to be some kind of Order or Organization for the Paladins to be a part of.
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Who is the strongest paladin?

As long as a paladin believes their cause is just, they can become formidable.
  1. 1 Turalyon.
  2. 2 Tirion Fordring.
  3. 3 Uther the Lightbringer.
  4. 4 Yrel.
  5. 5 Arthas Menethil.
  6. 6 Bolvar Fordragon.
  7. 7 Alexandros Morgraine.
  8. 8 Maraad.
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How powerful is paladin?

Paladins in DnD 5e are one of, if not the most powerful class. They simply have it all, great defenses, impressive damage, useful spellcasting, and an expert player can make a character almost unbeatable if they play a well built Paladin.
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Can a paladin be atheist?

A paladin that is an atheist could for example, still be devoted to Justice, and he would still be granted divine powers through the divine portfolio of Justice with the approval of the God of Justice, Tyr.
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Why can only humans be paladins?

Is there a in-universe lore reason for it? It was to help keep Humans as special, given other races were stronger in the early game, the 'strongest' class was the Human only one (also hardest one to be).
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What is paladin immune to?

Paladins become immune to diseases, not poison. However, as the Rutterkin specifically says 'by disease', the paladin would be immune to it indeed.
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Can paladins have an evil oath?

Oaths have no alignment, characters do, and the only official oath that require a paladin to be of evil alignment is the Oathbreaker. while they don't officially have an alignment. Some alignments are extremely hard to pull off while still following the tenants of the Oath.
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What is a corrupted paladin?

When paladins are exposed to unfathomable eldritch knowledge or a creature from beyond reality and accept it into themselves, they swear The Oath of Corruption, dedicating their lives to be a servant of this knowledge.
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Can a paladin be godless?

As such, godless paladins do not deny the influence of divine entities in the world, only their benefit to the mortal races. Most godless paladins will have experienced some kind of betrayal or tragedy at the behest or through the influence of a divine entity thus leading to their aversion to divine influences.
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