#oath of the ancients

[hedgehogoftime]

Thinking about Paladins...

Thinking about Oath of Devotion Paladins, and how over time they seem less and less like flesh and more and more like stone, as solid as their oaths. How more and more it seems like a light shines from their eyes. How their movement slows as they get older, becoming more and more a thing of stone and light. How they become less a person and more an idea, a promise made flesh. When they die, they become a statue with burning light where their eyes once were. Many take their final rest upon seaside cliffs, acting as an eternal beacon to those in need.

Thinking about Oath of the Ancients Paladins, and how the grass they tread upon might grow a bit greener than it did before. How fruit tastes sweeter when they pluck it. How vegetables and grain grow from the blood and bodies of their slain foes. Life springing from bringers of death. How when they bleed, seeds and pollen might release from their wounds along with the blood. How their skin feels more like bark as they grow older. How their presence feels like peace, like rest. How when they die, the Oak Father takes this warrior into his embrace, and a fruit tree grow over their grave, so they might give once more in death as they did in life.

Thinking about Oath of Vengeance Paladins, and how their mere presence might inspire fear and truth. They barely need to ask questions, one look at those eyes, filled with wrathful calm in equal measure is enough to break almost any who look upon them. How their blood might literally boil when it is spilled, so true is their commitment. How they might weep when they are given the chance to at last be kind. How when they die there is nothing to bury, the fire in their souls fueled by their oath consumes their flesh at last, and then they are nothing but ash.

Thinking about Oathbreakers. How the sun is too bright, and it hurts their eyes. How the night is too dark, and always their vision is off. How their hands always find thorns or sharp edges. How every step they take might be an agony, a reminder of how they committed the truest and most fundamental treason of all. How the very air they breath seems to cut at their lungs as the world itself whispers "wrong thing. wrong thing. traitor" in their ears. Their blood never seeps into the ground, only evaporates. Their body does not even rot. The world itself rejects them.

Thinking about Paladins...

[smashdraws]

Knight of the New Moon ❄

My Eladrin Paladin, Rhaeadel, in his winter form. There's been a lot of snow in my area after a few consecutive winters of middling snowfall so I've been doing a lot of chilly art!

[theadventurersrespite]

"Hey, that was a good fight! You gotta tell me your routine~" (Drawn by the extremely talented @cloud-ya!)

Introducing my Oath of the Ancients Paladin, Glory Rise! While she's in a traditional fantasy sword and board DND game, she's looking real good in the modern day tech wear!

[feyspeaker]

Oath of the Ancients Paladin portrait commission! raw sapphire Earth Genasi ♥A♥

[cherryvaliant]

• The Oathbreaker and the Unascended •

This beautiful piece was done by @purple-soika! Go show them some love, their artwork is beautiful!!

If you're an Oath of Ancients paladin, letting all the spawn free breaks your oath. An oath you served faithfully for years, devoted yourself to, and are discarded with no second thought after helping 7,000 innocents get a choice in their fates.

Two people who've just witnessed the death of who they used to be, who've processed immeasurable loss in the aim of being kind, realize they're no longer bound to anything. After the Oathbreaker knight vanishes, Ursa collapses, shell shocked, and Astarion realizes just how similar they really are, and drops to his knees before her to embrace her.

[yslandfrog]

Local paladin (Oath Anc) finds out they're in love with the vampire rogue in the group

[library-of-legion]

I always thought the paladin class was kind of bland, vanilla, and boring. Like many others on forums, I shared the opinion that they were just annoying goody two-shoes. That was until I took a moment to actually read their tenets, especially the Oath of the Ancients:

Kindle the Light: Through your acts of mercy, kindness, and forgiveness, kindle the light of hope in the world, beating back despair.

Shelter the Light: Where there is good, beauty, love, and laughter in the world, stand against the wickedness that would swallow it. Where life flourishes, stand against the forces that would render it barren.

Preserve Your Own Light: Delight in song and laughter, in beauty and art. If you allow the light to die in your own heart, you can't preserve it in the world.

Be the Light: Be a glorious beacon for all who live in despair. Let the light of your joy and courage shine forth in all your deeds.

How beautiful is that? I want to follow these tenets in real life.

The paladin class is about working toward an ideal so strong, so unwavering, that it manifests as magic. Maybe my interpretation isn’t perfect, but thinking about a paladin breaking their oath now feels much sadder. How I choose to see it, an oathbreaker is not a person who accidentally broke a tenant but a person that stop believing in the dream of a better future.

[beetnik-jay]

Child of the Sun

Forged in Light

Riley Aster, Paladin

[alchykiller]

To my satisfaction, I've finally have designed a good costume for Lady Flor, a oneshot dnd pc from some years ago that I always meant to revisit. The latter 3 images are from back then.

Orc-elf sadgirl.

[aldryrththerainbowheart]

Oath of the Ancients Paladin who:

is basically a walking garden, their armor is always covered in plants, roots, and branches; you can harvest medicinal herbs from them like they're terrarium

are at home in elven keeps and druid groves, even those that don't tolerate any other outsider

quickly gains the favor of Emerald Grove and bonds with Halsin over their experiences with druid circles and their love for nature

has a fey friend that follows them around, be it a fairy, pixie, fairy dragon, brownie, or bling dog; especially if its a unicorn, it makes everyone in the camp lose their shit

whenever they step, flowers bloom and longer richer grass starts to sprout

blooms all types of flowers for Karlach and teaches her how to make wreaths out of them

is frequently approached by various critters because they instill in them a sense of peace and comfort and they chat with them all the time

smells like forest rain, moss, rotting leaves or herbs

their appearance changes depending on the season of the year

tells Wyll about that one time their path led them to Feywild

enjoys and partakes in any form of art, be it painting, playing an instrument, or singing

become so imbued with ancient spell-warding magic as they progress, their presence alone wards off fey and fiends, and the Weave gets distorted around them, to Gale's eternal chagrin

stops suffering from the drawbacks of old age, making them as eternal as Astarion; the pale elf now has a friend who will never leave him

[crunchetime]

MORGAN (she/her)

Human(?) Paladin - Oath of the Ancients

Used to be a cartoonish supervillain warlord. Died in battle but got given a second chance by the nature spirits she was trying to eradicate. Now she's turning over a new leaf, pun intended. Lover of flowers and strong teas. Strong, silent type. Meditates a lot.

D&D OCs - Redesigns - Set 1 #5

UNDER THE CUT: scrapped redesign (though I like this design a lot and I'll probably use elements of it too for an alternate outfit or something. I think this was probably her armor when she was actively warlord-ing and maybe she still wears it in the cold seasons)

[galedickarios]

I wish you could hug him and tell him you can be together without sleeping together. I absolutely adore this hug scene, and every time I want to hug him. He deserves that hug. But also .. let me assure him that I don't need this to be about sex.

Now enjoy Evil!Adin hugging Astarion, because even evil couples need snuggles and affection!

[strwberrythorn]

This is for my fellow lesbian paladins

My d&d oc Florene and her lethal face card 🗡️🥀🫀

(let's pretend it isn't obvious who she's named after)

[smashdraws]

An orthographic drawing of my Oath of Ancients paladin, Rhaeadel! He has different knightly personas he performs at tournaments with that change with the seasons 🌱 the Knight of Spring is a knight of the people, courteous and warm to serve his as his king and country's champion.

[textvoid]

My annual sad wet little half-elf man painting (silver fox edition)

[merilaurecus]

Walking into hag's lair was like:

Aka Oath of the Ancients uploading