The Sleeper’s Options · Paladin
Oath of the Vigil
A paladin oath about a doorway, and staying in it.
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This subclass is sold inside its pack for now.
- 4 pages
- Screen and print editions
- Plain text for VTTs
- US Letter
- The 2024 rules for fifth edition
The cover. The rest is in the PDF.
Paladin Oath for 5e
A paladin who takes the Oath of the Vigil has sworn to a threshold. They mark one enemy for a duel, and the mark pays out if that enemy hurts anyone other than the paladin. Fifteen feet of ground belongs to them, and an aura keeps allies where they choose to stand.
An enemy who wants out has two ways to go, and the oath keeps a loaded answer for each. The idea under all of it is remaining, and the kit backs that up by making the square where the paladin plants their feet the strongest one on the map.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- One full subclass on the 2024 rules, with features at levels 3, 7, 15, and 20.
- Balanced against the strongest official 2024 subclasses.
- A play note and a d6 flavor table.
- A conversion sidebar for the 2014 rules.
- A screen edition and a plain-white print edition, both US Letter, plus the full text as a plain text file for VTT import.
- The PDF is bookmarked, with no password or lock on it.
Compatible with the 2024 rules for fifth edition. Includes material from the SRD 5.2 by Wizards of the Coast LLC under CC-BY-4.0. Full license statement in the PDF. Unaffiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Keep the Vigil (Options No. 4, $5.95) holds this oath and the other three night-watch subclasses. The dream half of the line lives in Options No. 1 and No. 2, with the ruin half in No. 3.
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No. 1
Dream & Ruin
A barbarian who teleports through a Rage and a druid whose wall fights back, both built to keep working through level 20.
No. 2
Lullaby & Larceny
A lullaby bard, a sleepwalking monk, a dream-stealing rogue and a warlock who answers to a court, all four for 5e.
No. 3
Ruin & Remnant
What's left of a fortress, an oath, a spell and a temple, in four subclasses for 5e.
No. 4
Keep the Vigil
The night shift, split four ways between a ranger, a sorcerer, a monk and a paladin, all for 5e.
No. 5
Hearth & Home
Home, and four people who keep it safe: a barbarian in the doorway, a bard in the common room, a cleric at the fire and a druid at the hedge.
No. 6
On the Hunt
The Chase, a one-page pursuit procedure any table can run, plus a ranger, a fighter, a rogue and a warlock to run it with.
