Can Paladins be chaotic 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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Can you play a chaotic evil paladin?

You can totally be an evil paladin. Out of the available oaths, oathbreaker is for sure the play.
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Can a paladin be evil in D&D?

Some classes seem like they are destined for one specific alignment: Warlocks are evil, paladins are good, and bards are chaos incarnate. But that's simply not the case — any class can fall under any alignment, as long as there is a backstory that makes sense for it.
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Can a paladin be neutral good?

So.. just wanted to say: When you do too much "Good" choices and not enough "lawful", you will loose your Paladin Status because your Alignment will shift to "Neutral Good".
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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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Are Oathbreaker paladins evil?

The oathbreaker is an evil class, you use necromancy, fear and despair in your enemies. You literally cooperate with dark forces. But the problem is that you could become an oathbreaker when you only break a code (oath). Breaking an oath is an unlawful (chaotic) action but not an evil action.
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Can paladin detect evil?

At will, a paladin can use detect evil, as the spell. A paladin can, as a move action, concentrate on a single item or individual within 60 feet and determine if it is evil, learning the strength of its aura as if having studied it for 3 rounds.
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Can you be a paladin without a God?

So, while most paladins will be following a god of good, they don't have to be. There are oaths that don't seem to even be related to gods (Crown, Glory, Watchers), others are questionable (Conquest, Vengeance) and then there's Oathbreaker (which officially isn't a PC class, but can be allowed).
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Can a Lich be neutral?

The average lich encountered in a D&D campaign (if there is such a thing) is an evil master of the arcane arts, yet there are some good and neutral versions of the lich in the multiverse.
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What class compliments a paladin?

The cleric and paladin have obvious thematic connections, being two of the more overtly divine classes in D&D.
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How to be an evil paladin?

Utilize the Oathbreaker subclass to play an evil paladin without restrictions or losing powers. Consider twisting the wording of your character's tenets to follow them while still behaving in an evil manner.
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Is Dark paladin evil?

Contrary to what many believe, dark paladins are not chaotic evil. They must be lawful evil in alignment. While they are cruel and evil, they have a sense of honor and a code of conduct, just as good paladins.
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What gods can a paladin have?

Paladins who did worship good or lawful gods tended towards the worship of deities such as Azuth, Bahamut, Chauntea or her aspect Yondalla, Helm, Ilmater, Kelemvor, Mystra, Jergal, Lathander, Moradin, Re-Horakhty, Sune, Torm, or Tyr.
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Can paladins be lawful evil?

Certain accessory products, most notably the Unearthed Arcana, feature variant paladins such as the Lawful Evil Paladin of Tyranny, the Chaotic Evil Paladin of Slaughter, and the Chaotic Good Paladin of Freedom (with the base paladin being called "Paladin of Honor").
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Why is Minthara a paladin?

She makes perfect sense as an Oath of Vengeance paladin, because when she joins the party she is swearing vengeance against the Cult of the Absolute. Vengeance Paladins aren't necessarily good. Their only real Demand of their oath is Punish those deemed as wrong doers.
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Is there an antipaladin 5e?

A paladin variant class for edgelords and evildoers, for D&D 5th edition! Featuring three vile new subclasses!
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Can a lich be a God?

Several D&D gods were liches before becoming deities; these gods include: The drow goddess Kiaransalee, from the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. Mellifleur the Lich-Lord: Non-campaign specific, this god was presented in Monster Mythology as the god of liches.
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Who is the most powerful lich in D&D?

Lichdom was arguably the most powerful known form of undeath.
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What is a good lich called?

Archliches were a type of lich that was good and noble, both in life and undeath. They could be of any type of spellcaster—including wizards, bards or clerics—and devoted their existence to whatever noble purpose motivated their transformation into lichdom.
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Can a paladin break their oath?

To break your Paladin Oath, you must betray your beliefs and violate one of the Oath's tenets from your chosen subclass. Once you break your oath, the Oathbreaker Knight will appear and temporarily prevent you from using your channel oath abilities.
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Why can only humans be paladins?

The in-world explanation was that only humans had the temperament to be paladins. Mechanically, early editions sought to keep non-human races balanced by limiting their classes and progression (Before AD&D, non-human races WERE classes.)
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Can a paladin make holy water?

A cleric or paladin may create holy water by performing a special ritual. The ritual takes 1 hour to perform, uses 25 gp worth of powdered silver, and requires the caster to expend a 1st-level spell slot.
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What are paladins immune to?

Divine Health (Ex): At 3rd level, a paladin is immune to all diseases, including supernatural and magical diseases, including mummy rot.
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Are paladins immune to fear?

Beginning at 3rd level, a paladin is immune to fear (magical or otherwise). Each ally within 10 feet of her gains a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against fear effects. This ability functions while the paladin is conscious, but not if she is unconscious or dead.
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Can a paladin cast spells while holding a shield?

Paladins and clerics can mark their shield with their god to use it as a material component, and while it's in your hand it can be manipulated like a somatic component. The only thing is that a spell that has somatic components but not material component, cannot be cast with a full hand.
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