Can You Be a Dark Paladin?

Yes, you can be a dark paladin, as paladins in the 5th edition can be of any and all alignments, and many dark paladins learn skills in healing to pass themselves off as paladins, while following the tenets of their evil gods or the conviction of their beliefs. Paladins must follow the tenets of their gods, and many evil paladins are extremely rare, but their oath and alignment can either be in harmony or represent standards that they have not yet attained, allowing for the possibility of a dark paladin.

Understanding Dark Paladins

What is a Dark Paladin?

A dark paladin is essentially an evil paladin who has sworn an oath to a dark or evil deity, and they are extremely rare, but they can be found in various campaign settings, and their oath and alignment can either be in harmony or represent standards that they have not yet attained.

FAQs About Dark Paladins

1. Is there such thing as a dark paladin?: Yes, many dark paladins learn some skill in healing in order to pass themselves off as paladins, and they expect their underlings to obey them, and in turn generally seek to obey the orders of those above them, while always seeking a way to raise one’s own rank.
2. Can I be an evil paladin?: Paladins can be any of alignment, although evil paladins are extremely rare, however, their oath and their alignment can either be in harmony, or their oath might represent standards that they have not yet attained.
3. What is the evil version of a paladin called?: If your paladins are basically holy warriors with priest-like spells, then your evil paladins could either have a generic name, such as Death Knight, Dark Knight, or Anti-Paladin, or a name that focuses on the god they follow and get their spells from.
4. What is the dark paladin oath?: The Oath of Darkness is a sacred oath for paladins that embrace their inner darkness in order to fight against the uncanny.
5. Are Oathbreaker Paladins evil?: But Rules As Written, Oathbreakers are meant to be evil, and do also note that playing Oathbreakers isn’t even an option for PCs — they are meant to be used for your Big Bad.
6. What is the best evil Oath for a paladin?: There is nothing really that prevents any of the oath to be sworn by an evil Paladin, but some oaths might require a bit more justification that others, and Vengeance, Crown, and Conquest are the obvious choices for an evil character, but any of the other works as well.
7. Who is the strongest paladin?: According to World Of Warcraft, the top 10 most powerful paladins include Maraad, Alexandros Morgraine, Bolvar Fordragon, Arthas Menethil, Yrel, Uther the Lightbringer, Tirion Fordring, and Turalyon.
8. Do Paladins need a god?: Most Paladins are sworn to a deity, but all Paladins receive their powers from deities, whether or not they are aware of it or not, and their powers and spells use Divine magic, they use Holy symbols, and they receive powers before they swear oaths.
9. Can Paladins serve evil gods?: Paladins must be Lawful Good, by rules, and most characters, by rules, can only be one step removed from the alignment of any deity they want to worship, which means that since paladins can only be LG, they can only follow LG, NG, or LN gods.
10. How to be an evil paladin?: All paladin oaths except Devotion can be Lawful Evil, even Redemption, and if your DM allows you to rephrase the last three oaths to not be so goody two-shoes while maintaining the spirit of the oath, or for you to make the Devotion paladin an extraplanar/demon-hunter paladin instead, then all oaths can be Lawful Evil.
11. What is the opposite of a paladin?: If paladins are champions of good and all things righteous, then the opposite is a blackguard, which is really just an evil paladin.
12. What makes someone a paladin?: The noun paladin means a champion of a cause, and if you are a paladin for animal welfare, you probably spend your free time volunteering at the local shelter and take part in fundraisers that help keep it going.
13. Who uses dark Paladin?: In episode 134, Yami Yugi uses this card during his Duel against Seto Kaiba, and he activates Polymerization to Fusion Summon this card in Attack Position.
14. How do you summon dark Paladin?: If you have Dark Magician and Buster Blader on your field, activate Strength in Unity from your hand, then activate Flash Fusion to send Dark Magician and Buster Blader to the Graveyard so that you can Fusion Summon Dark Paladin.
15. Can you be a paladin and a warlock?: Paladin/warlock is a pretty strong combo, so it can certainly work, and paladins can love, marry, and have a family, although some may vow not to, but the choice is theirs, and a paladin that is an atheist could for example, still be devoted to Justice, and he would still be granted divine powers through the divine portfolio of Justice with the approval of the God of Justice, Tyr.