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Oath of the Ancients
Oath of the Ancients Initial Features
Healing Radiance Oath of the Ancients Tenets
Inherited Paladin Features
Wisdom Saving Throw Proficiency Charisma Saving Throw Proficiency Light Armour Proficiency Medium Armour Proficiency Heavy Armour Proficiency Shield Proficiency Simple Weapon Proficiency Martial Weapon Proficiency Choose 2 Skill Proficiencies Channel Oath Charges: 1 Lay on Hands Divine Sense

Oath of the Ancients is a Subclass of Paladin in Baldur's Gate 3. Oath of the Ancients Paladin's primary Ability is Strength, their Saving Throw proficiencies are Wisdom & Charisma and they have a Hit Dice of 1d10 per Paladin level. They have proficiency with Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons, and all Armor and Shields.

You fight on the side of light in the cosmic struggle against darkness to preserve the sanctity of life and the beauty of nature.

BG3 Paladin Class Features

HIT POINTS

• Hit Points at 1st level: 10 + Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 6 + Constitution modifier

PROFICIENCIES

• Armor: Light Armour, Medium Armour, Heavy Armour, Shields
• Weapons: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons
• Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
• Skills: Choose 2 Skills from - Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Persuasion, Religion

EQUIPMENT

• Scale Mail, Leather Boots
• Warhammer, Wooden Shield, Javelin x2
• Health Potion x2, Scroll of Revivify

Unique Class Feature

• Channel Oath Charges: You gain the ability to channel the power contained in your Paladin oath which you can use to fuel certain actions.
• Lay on Hands
• Divine Sense

BG3 Paladin Features Progression

• Level 1-  Lay on Hands (Action)
• Level 1-  Divine Sense (Bonus Action)
• Level 1 - Channel Oath Charges (Class Feature)
• Level 1 - Pick a Paladin Oath (Oath of the Ancients, Oath of Devotion, Oath of Vengeance)
• Level 2 - Divine Smite (Action)
• Level 2 - Fighting Style - Choose a Fighting Style from Defence, Duelling, Great Weapon Fighting, and Protection
• Level 3 - Divine Health (Class Feature)
• Level 4 - Lay on Hands Charge (Class Feature)
• Level 4 - Feat - Choose one from the Feats list
• Level 5 - Extra Attack (Class Feature)
• Level 6 - Aura of Protection (Class Feature)
• Level 8 - Feat - Choose one from the Feats list
• Level 10 - Lay on Hands Charge (Class Feature)
• Level 10 - Aura of Courage (Class Feature) 
• Level 11 - Improved Divine Smite (Class Feature)
• Level 12 - Feat - Choose one from the Feats list

BG3 Oath of the Ancients Features Progression

• Level 1 - Healing Radiance (Action)
• Level 1 - Oath of the Ancients Tenets (Subclass Feature)
• Level 3 - Nature's Wrath (Action)
• Level 3 - Turn the Faithless (Action)
• Level 3 - Speak with Animals (Oath Spells)
• Level 3 - Ensnaring Strike (Ranged) (Oath Spells)
• Level 5 - Misty Step (Oath Spells)
• Level 5 - Moonbeam (Oath Spells)
• Level 7 - Aura of Warding (Subclass Feature)
• Level 9 - Protection from Energy (Oath Spells)
• Level 9 - Plant Growth (Oath Spells)

BG3 Paladin Spell Slots

Oath of the Ancients Tips & Builds

• You will become an Oathbreaker if you:
• In general, going back on your word and betraying those you have convinced not to attack you will break your oath. Examples of this include betraying the Tieflings when rescuing Lae'zel, betraying the goblins within the Blighted Village as well as the Shattered Sanctum.
• Allowing Arka to kill the caged goblin Sazza. (As of 8/12/2023, this doesn't work to break Oath of the Ancients.)
• Killing the Owlbear mother, then killing the cub as well.
• Torture Liam at the Shattered Sanctum.
• Use the wand to raise Connor Vinderblad back from the dead.
• Refuse to let the Pixe out of the Moon Lantern.
• Oath of Vengeance subclass offers more versatility for making morally ambiguous decisions, while Oathbreaker allows the player to choose whatever decisions he or she wants, both good and evil.
• Paladins benefit from Divine Smite for increased damage output. Be sure to setup your Reactions so that you can just melee attack, and use Divine Smite if you want. To do this, hit "L" on the keyboard and tick each level of Divine Smite "On" and to "Ask". This will allow you to use Divine Smite with other Weapon Actions, Opportunity Attacks, as well as Smite Spells.
• If you are multiclassing out of Paladin, multiclassing after level 2 or 6 is ideal because at level 2 you can bring Divine Smite and all your Proficiencies to another Class, while by level 6 you would have Extra Attack and Aura of Protection, which are both fantastic.
• Because Heavy Armour does not scale AC to Dexterity in the same way Light and Medium Armour do, it can be viable to dump Dexterity and use Heavy Armour without worrying about taking a -1 penalty to AC at 8 DEX. However, bear in mind that your DEX will still affect Dexterity Saving Throws and Initiative rolls.
• Paladins in BG3 primarily use Charisma to determine the bonus granted by their Aura of Protection and the number of Spells they can Prepare at one time. Charisma also determines the DC enemies must beat to save against your spell effects, however are very few offensive Paladin Spells that require the target to make a Saving Throw. For the most part, these Saving Throws affect secondary effects (such as the Frightened condition inflicted by Wrathful Smite or Searing Smite's damage over time), and do not alter the base damage of these spells, making it less necessary to pump Charisma if your build is focusing solely on damage output.
• Extra Attack only provides a second Attack if you used your Action to Attack to begin with. You cannot cast a spell and then attack, or attack and then cast a spell. Additionally, Extra Attack doesn't stack with other Classes that have Extra Attack (for example, a 5/5 Fighter/Paladin would benefit from Extra Attack once, having only two attacks per turn).
• Using the Dueling fighting style maximizes damage while using a one-handed weapon and a shield. Dueling is particularly good if you are out of Spell Slots and cannot Divine Smite. Defense is also a great choice of Fighting Style since most Paladin damage comes from Divine Smite anyway. 
  • Remember that Dueling only works with Versatile Weapons when they are being used as one-handed weapons and not as two-handed weapons (for example, the Fighting Style would work with a versatile weapon in one hand and a shield in the other, because a shield does not count as a weapon and the versatile counts as a one-handed weapon at that point).

All Paladin Spells in Baldurs Gate 3

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Name	Level	School	Casting time	Description
Bless	Lv 1	Enchantment	Action Spell Slot	Bless up to 3 creatures. They gain a +1d4 bonus to Attack Rolls and Saving Throws. 10 turns 9mConcentration
Compelled Duel	Lv 1	Enchantment	Bonus Action Spell Slot	Compel an enemy to attack only you. It cannot attack other creatures. 3 Turns 9m WIS Save Concentration
Command (Halt)	Lv 1	Enchantment	Action Level 1 Spell Slot	Command a creature to flee, move closer, freeze, drop to the ground or drop their weapon. 1 Turn 18m/60ftWIS Save
Cure Wounds	Lv 1	Evocation	Action Level 1 Spell Slot	1d8+2 Heal a creature you can touch. No effect on undead or constructs. Melee
Divine Favour	Lv 1	Evocation	Bonus Action Level 1 Spell Slot	Your weapon attacks deal an additional 1∼4 Radiant Damage. 3 Turns Concentration
Heroism	Lv 1	Enchantment	Action Level 1 Spell Slot	Make yourself or a target immune to Frightened and gains 5 temporary hit points each turn.  10 Turns Can only have temporary hit points from one source. MeleeConcentration
Protection from Evil and Good	Lv 1	Abjuration	Action Level 1 Spell Slot	Protect a creature against aberrations, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, and undead. The target can't be Charmed, Frightened, or possessed by them, and when these creatures attack it, they do so with disadvantage. Until Long Rest Melee  Concentration
Sanctuary	Lv 1	Abjuration	Bonus Action Spell Slot	You or an ally cannot be target until you attack or harm a creature. You can still take damage from area spells. Until the affected entity attacks or harms another creature, it cannot be targeted by enemy attacks. However, it can still take damage from spells that influence a large area. 10 Turns 18m Always Prepared
Shield of Faith	Lv 1	Abjuration	Bonus Action Spell Slot	Protect a creature from attacks: increases its Armour Class by 2. Until Long Rest 18m/60ftConcentration
Searing Smite	Lv 1	Evocation	Action Bonus Action Spell Slot	+1d6Fire Deal an extra 1~6 Fire Damage and set your target on fire: it takes 1~6 Fire damage every turn. 10 Turns Melee Concentration
Thunderous Smite	Lv 1	Evocation	Action Bonus Action Spell Slot	+2d6 Thunder Pushes your target 3m away and possibly knocks it Prone. 1 turn Melee STR Save Action Bonus Action Level 1 Spell Slot
Wrathful Smite	Lv 1	Evocation	Action Bonus Action Spell Slot	+1d6Psychic Possibly Frightens your target. They will be easier to hit and cannot move. 2 Turns Melee WIS Save Concentration
Aid	Lv 2	Abjuration	Action Level 2 Spell Slot	Heal your allies and increase their hit point maximum by 5 hit points. Until Long Rest 9m
Branding Smite	Lv 2	Evocation	Action Bonus Action Level 2 Spell Slot	+2d6 Radiant Possibly marks your target with light, preventing it from turning Invisible. 10 turns MeleeCON Save Concentration
Crown of Madness	Lv 2	Enchantment	Action Level 2 Spell Slot	Instil madness in a humanoid enemy, making them attack the creature closest to them (other than you), even if it's allied. 3 turns 18mWIS Save
Darkness	Lv 2	Evocation	Action Level 2 Spell Slot	Create a cloud of magical darkness that Heavily Obscures and Blinds creatures within. Creatures cannot make ranged attacks into or out of the darkness. 18m5m
Lesser Restoration	Lv 2	Abjuration	Action Level 2 Spell Slot	Cure a creature from disease, poison, paralysis or blindness. Melee
Magic Weapon	Lv 2	Transmutation	Action Level 2 Spell Slot	Infuse a weapon with arcane energy. The weapon becomes magical, receiving a +1 bonus to Attack and Damage Rolls. Until Long Rest Melee Concentration
Misty Step	Lv 2	Conjuration	Bonus Action Level 2 Spell Slot	Surrounded by silver mist, you teleport to an unoccupied space you can see. Range: 18m
Moonbeam	Lv 2	Evocation	Action Level 2 Spell Slot	2d10 Radiant Call down a silvery beam ofpale light that damages any creature that enters the beam or starts its turn in the light. You can use an action to move the beam 18m. 10 turns 18m1mCON Save
Protection from Poison	Lv 2	Abjuration	Action Level 2 Spell Slot	Touch a creature to neutraise all poisons affecting it, and grants it protection against poisonous influences. Grants Advantage on Saving Throws against being Poisoned, and grant it Resistance to Poison damage. Until Long Rest Melee
Silence	Lv 2	Illusion	Action Level 2 Spell Slot	Create a sound-proof sphere. All within are Silenced and Immune to Thunder damage. 100 turns Using this spell might turn targets hostile. Range: 18m  Concentration Always Prepared
Beacon of Hope	Lv 3	Abjuration	Action Level 3 Spell Slot	Your allies will regain the maximum hit points possible when healed. They also gain Advantage on Wisdom Saving Throws and Death Saving Throws. 10 Turns 9m  Concentration Always Prepared
Blinding Smite	Lv 3	Evocation	Action Bonus Action Level 3 Spell Slot	+3d8Radiant Evoke a heavenly flare, and possibly Blind your target Melee CON Save
Crusader's Mantle	Lv 3	Evocation	Action Level 3 Spell Slot	Radiate a holy power that emboldens nearby allies. Thei weapon attacks deal an additional 1∼4 Radiant damage. 10 Turns Concentration
Daylight	Lv 3	Evocation	Action Level 3 Spell Slot	Enchant an item to shine like the sun or summon a sphere of sunlight that dispels all darkness around it. Until Long Rest 18m
Elemental Weapon	Lv 3	Transmutation	Action Level 3 Spell Slot	Imbue a weapon with elemental power. It receives a +1 bonus to Attack Rolls, and deals an additional 1d4 damage of your choice. MeleeConcentration
Remove Curse	Lv 3	Abjuration	Action Warlock Spell Slot	Touch a creature or object to remove all Curses and Hexes affecting it. Melee
Revivify	Lv 3	Necromancy	Action Level 3 Spell Slot	Revive a companion. They return to life with 1 hit point. 9m
Warden of Vitality	Lv 3	Evocation	Action Level 3 Spell Slot	While this aura lasts, you can cast Restore Vitality as a bonus action to heal yourself or nearby allies. 10 Turns 18m