5e Paladin Classes
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Classes which are variants or mashups of the paladin core class, religiously associated fighters, often offensively or heroically oriented fighter.
Paladin Variant Classes
| Name | Summary | Spellcasting |
|---|---|---|
| Aegis Paladin | A Paladin of the Harvest Gods | |
| Bright Lord | A Strong, warm, merciful fighter imbued with powers generated from their own good energies. | third |
| Chair's Inquisitor | Inquisitors are agents of gods who hunt down enemies of the faith with divine judgement and magic. | half |
| Cosmos User | Powerful Knights that uses the cosmos of the universe to fight. | |
| Crusader, Variant | Warriors of faith who inspire bravery. | |
| Dark Knight | A knight who obliterates enemies through the powers of darkness. So like a paladin, but so very different. | half |
| Dark Knight, 2nd Variant | ||
| DoomSlayer, Variant | A warrior bent on vengeance and the destruction of all things demonic and cruel. | |
| Dragon Fighter, Variant | A swordmaster that fights with deadly grace, skill, and power | |
| Godslayer | One forsaken seeks revenge on that which hath left them stranded | |
| Gri-Gri Mystic (Wokan) | A primitive casting class, able to learn casting spells through sacrifice, spellbooks or scrolls, or by being taught. | full |
| Hand of the Kraken | A religious warrior that summons tentacles to control the battlefield. | half |
| Herald | Champions of greatness who use their raw force of personality to empower their allies. | half |
| Holy Crusader | As the will of god, charge. | |
| Holy Fighter | Warriors blessed by the gods, using these divine gifts to defeat the forces of evil. | |
| Huntsman | A versatile fighting class that makes use of a transforming weapon and mitigates damage with Aura (RWBY). | |
| Hyrule: Oathsworn | Bound by a sacred oath, you are sworn to use your divine power for a cause you believe in. | |
| Iron Solari | ||
| Keyblade Guardian | half | |
| Legendary Hero | As a Legendary Hero, you gain the following features. | half |
| Martyr, Variant | ||
| Master of Ceremonies | A valiant champion who calls upon divine powers to smite their foes and protect their allies. | |
| Prime Guardian | A powerful warrior who wields massive shields and raw divine power. | |
| User:Roxxx | A warrior bent on vengeance and the destruction of all things demonic and cruel. | |
| Son of Odin | The Son of Odin is a warrior of the battlefield who calls upon the power of the Gods of War to slay his foes. This class is a Barbarian variant, and meant to be used with the barbarian subclasses. | |
| Sovereign | A being that has been genetically altered to handle the collective will of a planet. | half |
| Sword Saint | Different fighters choose different approaches to perfecting their fighting prowess, but they all end up perfecting it. |
Paladin Mashup Classes
| Name | Summary | Spellcasting |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-Paladin | Anti-paladins are the distorted version of paladins, profane knights infused with dark powers, that wander the world delivering death and destruction, and acting as agents of powerful demons and vile deities will. | |
| Apocalypse Knight | Dark knights that are choosen by dark powers. | half |
| Artillery-man | Relentless and versatile soldiers who protect the people and are experts with firearms. | |
| Atronarch | To consume Magic is your one desire as this wound in the weave, and you will wield steel and arcane power alike to get it. | |
| Barriomancer | A defense focused warrior, built to defend themselves and those they care for. | half |
| Bloodguard | A dark knight who receives powers through sacrifice to a higher being | half |
| Chosen | A creature that has been blessed by a god. | |
| Chosen, rebalanced | A creature that has been blessed by a god. | |
| Dark Knight, 2nd Variant | ||
| Dark Knight, Variant | Individuals that harness the power of Darkness. | half |
| Dark Omen | Grim knights that are fueled by dark powers. | half |
| Death Incarnate | Beings beyond reasoning of normal people, that embrace Death as their life, goal and means of justice. | |
| Death Knight | Ever wanted to play a Warcraft style Death Knight in 5E? I have amalgamated the previous versions into this more vanilla variant. | half |
| Demiglaive | ||
| Demon Hunter | A demon hunter is one who has made a pact with a devil or vengeful angel to exterminate demons. | |
| Demon Wielder | Fighters who utilize the power of demons to assist them in battle. | |
| Destiny Warlock | Radical Space Wizards | |
| Divine Hunter | A warrior focused on the destruction of unholy creatures in devotion to a deity or other powerful being. | half |
| Dominant | half | |
| Dragoon (Legend of Dragoon) | Warriors bound to the spirits of dragons, able to invoke the elemental power of dragons to conjure magic and transform into a hybrid dragon form, known as the Dragoon form. | |
| Gifted Warrior | full | |
| God's Descendant | ||
| Grail Knight | High-ranking soldiers of the Gilded Empire who have been granted immense power by a sun god. | |
| Grail Knight, 2nd Variant | High-ranking soldiers of the Gilded Empire who have been granted immense power by a sun god. | |
| Grandcaster, Variant | Chosen magic casters with the capability to use all types of magic. | full |
| Gravitation Manipulator | A class focused on using weight manipulating magic to enhance their melee fighting ability through either control or agility. | half |
| Gri-Gri Mystic (Wokan) | A primitive casting class, able to learn casting spells through sacrifice, spellbooks or scrolls, or by being taught. | full |
| Guarded Fighter | A commoner not quite adept at fighting, accompanied by their skilled fighter of a guard. | |
| Half Shade | A being possessed | half |
| Hallownest Knight | A class based around the Hollow Knight lore. | |
| Hand of the Kraken | A religious warrior that summons tentacles to control the battlefield. | half |
| Hellraised | Hellraised are the embodiment of evil deeds bent on destroying those that have wronged them or get in their way. | third |
| Hero, Variant | Individuals chosen by fate to courageously oppose injustice. | |
| Heroic Champion | A class based of the Servants from the Fate series | |
| Heroic Spirit | A class based of the Servants from the Fate series | |
| Hollow Knight, Variant | A Knight who uses the power of the void within themselves and their master swordsmanship to combat their foes. | |
| Holy Weapon User | Someone choosen to be a user of a holy weapon. | |
| Hunter of Artemis | One of many female followers of the Greek goddess Artemis, whom follows her values, or wanders whilst linked to the wilderness. | half |
| Immortal | A warrior blessed, or cursed, with immortality. | half |
| Inquisitor, Variant | Holy warrior who is entrusted with the task of rooting out heresy. | full |
| Keyblade Guardian | half | |
| Knight | Warriors of nobility and valor who fight for either their lady's hand or for fame and honor. | |
| Knight of Darkness | Individuals that harvest the life essence (souls) of their enemies in the name of Darkness. | |
| Knight of the Fey | Knights who have pledged themselves to the service of a specific archfey or a Fey court as a whole in return for magical power. | |
| Legendary Hero | As a Legendary Hero, you gain the following features. | half |
| Life-fiber Hybrid | ||
| Lodestar | A noble swordsman who relies on speed and on their allies in battle. | |
| Martyr, Variant | ||
| Oathbreaker | A paladin that has forsaken their oath and their deity. It is their will alone that drives them now. | |
| Pegasus Knight | A protector of the weak, riding a winged horse. | |
| Rebel Corps Soldier | A soldier who uses their will to aid the rebellion in any way they can. | |
| Scalekin | Dormant power that awakens into a battle-ready dragon form. | third |
| Son of Odin | The Son of Odin is a warrior of the battlefield who calls upon the power of the Gods of War to slay his foes. This class is a Barbarian variant, and meant to be used with the barbarian subclasses. | |
| Soulforged | Individuals that learned how to grow their souls, using their powers to fight for good. | |
| Stitchpunk | A gruesome second cousin to surgeons who uses surgical knowledge for many helpful and harmful purposes. | |
| Sunblade | Elite order of knights devoted to the Sun. | full |
| Valkyrie | The beautiful battle warriors descend from Asgard to collect the souls of fallen soldiers. | |
| User:ZarHakkar/Angel | A heavenly protector of the upper planes | half |
Incomplete Paladin Classes
| Name | Summary | Spellcasting |
|---|---|---|
| Ascetic | half | |
| Athena's Saint | Powerful Knights that uses the cosmos of the universe to fight. | |
| Aura Elementalist | Aura Elementalists are masters of primal forces who channel elemental energy through mystical artifacts to bring harmony or chaos to the world. | |
| Blood Assassin | An assassin who uses blood magic to control and slay its targets. | |
| Clan Eshin Acolyte | A master assassin and cutthroat for hire the skaven of clan eshin are monsters when left to their own devices. | |
| Crimson Templar | a being who has been stained in blood through battle or trickery | half |
| Dea | An angelic warrior or healer. | |
| Death Knight, 3rd Variant | Ever wanted to play a Warcraft style Death Knight in 5E? I have amalgamated the previous versions into this more vanilla variant. | half |
| Demon Heir | half | |
| Demon Paladin | half | |
| Demonic Knight | A servant of darkness. | half |
| Devil King | ||
| Doom Slayer, 2nd Variant | ||
| Dragon Warrior (Dragonhyme) | half | |
| Exorcist | ||
| Fanatic | a being who has been stained in blood through battle or trickery | |
| Follower of Marutuk | A beefy frontline fighter that's especially effective when in combat against dragons of all kinds. | |
| Grail Knight (Warhammer) | ||
| Grail Knight, Variant | High-ranking soldiers of the Gilded Empire who have been granted immense power by a sun god. | |
| Grandcaster, Variant 2 | Chosen magic casters with the capability to use all types of magic. | full |
| Guardian Cat | Healing focused paladin | |
| Harrowblade | ||
| Hero of the Wild | ||
| Heroic Spirit, 2nd Variant | A class based of the Servants from the Fate series | |
| Hunter (Bloodborne) | ||
| Huntsman/Huntress | As a Huntsmen you gain the following class features. | |
| Iconoclast | You hate gods | |
| Lantern Corps (DC Universe Supplement) | The universe knows me as a beacon of hope, a harbinger of fear, a symbol of will, or an avatar of rage and many others. I am a Lantern, chosen by my ring to wield the power of the emotional spectrum. | |
| Lightning Warrior | Lightning Warriors focus on power, electrifying their weapons to deal great extents of damage. | |
| Lord Paladin | ||
| Moon Knight | ||
| Oracle, Variant 2 | third | |
| Penitent | A class that damages themselves to favor their allies or curse their foes. | |
| Prismatic Knight | These Individuals use the power of the Prism to battle their foes. | half |
| Runemaster | A fierce warrior which uses the essence of magic to empower themselves and their allies, runes. | forth |
| Soul Herald | Your power comes from your soul, the more you grow the stronger it gets. | full |
| Sunderblade | half | |
| The Hollow Hunter | ||
| The Last Angel TLA | Warrior of Light against the Shadows | half |
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