Drow Paladin?

[CatSlave]

I know the paladin isnt in yet, but playing a Spider Paladin just makes me giggle for some reason. Will this be a possibility anyone know? Mod or main game?

[jonnin]

there are no race restrictions on classes anymore. So yes, once it is there, you can.

[jffrspuk]

also there are no alignment restrictions. After all, why can't someone be a paladin of Lolth.

[Smugass Braixen-Chan]

In my tabletop D&D campaign, I made a paladin of conquest who devoted herself to an evil black dragon.

Paladins aren't restricted to being boy-scouts in 5e.

[wendigo211]

If we're only getting the PHB oaths, then it's the oaths of: Devotion, Ancients and Vengeance. None of them are particularly evil options (although I suppose you could play as a Vengeance paladin of Hoar or something similar). Even with the Conquest, Treachery and Oathbreaker options you still have to deal with stuff like your smite doing extra damage to undead and fiends (but not celestials), aura of courage, aura of protection, etc. They might have opened up the class to all races and alignments but it's still an inherently good class even with the evil oaths.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by jffrspuk:

also there are no alignment restrictions. After all, why can't someone be a paladin of Lolth.

If anything, I can see a Drow Paladin, upon reaching level 3, be an Oathbreaker Paladin.

[Rhobar]

In the game files you can find information about the deities available to paladins.
There are paladins of Lolth and Eilistraee (for bad and good drow)

[jonnin]

Originally posted by Rhobar:

In the game files you can find information about the deities available to paladins.
There are paladins of Lolth and Eilistraee (for bad and good drow)

now that is interesting... drizzit is frequently mentioned as being favored by loth & a few times is called paladin (though he is ranger) in the books. Yet he is clearly not aligned to loth nor interested in being her minion -- she allows him to do his thing because chaos. Not that the books define the game in any way, but its interesting.

[CatSlave]

I honestly made a drow ranger named drizzt just to see if there would be any easter eggs, none up to the drow lady in the caves

[Mutare]

Wouldn't a Drow Paladin have to be a female?

[CatSlave]

Depends what goddess you worship. Lloth for sure would be female only