"Paladins can't smite with unharmed strikes as an official ruling." Well the official ruling is wrong.

@StoneWinds

4 ай бұрын

They CAN smite with an improvised weapon. You know, like a gauntlet. So, that's a thing.

@roguebarbarian9133

2 ай бұрын

Actually, paladins can, because while they are limited to melee weapons for their smites, weirdly enough unarmed strikes are considered melee weapons in 5E.

@DParkerNunya

Ай бұрын

"I recognize WotC has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid ass decision, I've elected to ignore it."

"You step up to me thinkin you can handle the best, but you see there is no equal. For the cream.. rises to the top" -Macho Man Glory Paladin

Step one: allow unarmed strike smites. Step two: wait for all the Full Metal Alchemist Armstrong builds to flood the community Step three: Bask in his glory.

@xenocross6597

8 ай бұрын

Perfect. Also guess what unarmed smites are RAW in base 5e as unarmed strikes are melee weapon attacks

@benin8or

8 ай бұрын

Step 4: profit

@user-hs1xb9tv6e

8 ай бұрын

This divine smite has been passed down the Armstrong family for generations!

@TheOldOwl8

8 ай бұрын

Technically Armstrong uses a weapon, he basically uses a kind of brass knuckles that are combined with gauntlets to make it easier to grapple as well. Easy work around be a paladin, equip brass knuckles...go fist of the north star with smites, bonus points to dip into monk for flurry of blows, or fighter for action surge.

@Mattsimilate

7 ай бұрын

Welp unarmed strike smites are already allowed RAW. It says a melee weapon attack, but unarmed strikes actually count as melee weapon attacks, it was even confirmed. Otherwise monks wouldn't be able to stunning strike with their fists since it also mentions melee weapon attacks. Guess D&D wiews ''these hands' as a valid weapon option.

Remember, when you wanna divine smite with your fists... Your DM is allowed to forego any rule they damn well feel like, and should forego said rules o3o.

@aquartertwo

8 ай бұрын

So apart from Lay On Hands, we also get Catch These Hands

@xenocross6597

8 ай бұрын

RAW you can smite by punching people but the damage doesn’t double on crits

@militaryjones9468

8 ай бұрын

So basically if I have a cool DM I can do a monk/paladin build with radiant fists

@TheOldOwl8

8 ай бұрын

@@militaryjones9468 if you don't have a cool DM get or make a set of brass knuckles.

@Demonwalkerproductio

8 ай бұрын

RAW.... I also dumb o3o

"Who are you?" "Just a guy who's a paladin for fun!" "What kind of oath is that?!"

@enriqueparachediaz3952

3 ай бұрын

A very petty vengeance paladin

I'm playing an Oath of Glory Paladin who's basically a Scottish Gallowglass adventurer who's gone back to adventuring because it's what he loves, and it's a blast. This is a super fun subclass.

@mitchmcginn4250

7 ай бұрын

Mind if I steal? Because that's a great yet simple idea. Brings to mind the Scotsman from Samurai Jack!

@jfcard0055

7 ай бұрын

@@mitchmcginn4250 funnily enough, the Scotsman was part of my inspiration for him. Go for it, have a blast!

Paladins can be the best and the worst class to have in your campaign as a GM xD

@pungoblin9377

8 ай бұрын

I’m actually thinking of playing a paladin. Got any tips for how to avoid being a bad player?

@howdoibeatthis304

8 ай бұрын

​@@pungoblin9377Best thing is to consider what your tenets mean to your character and to run these over with your dm! That and remember that it's a group co-op game and you aren't the mc, you all are. Now then back to figuring out how to conjure infinite frogs

@Teraclon

8 ай бұрын

@@pungoblin9377 talk with your dm and get their idea of the world and how your character could fit in. paladins can sometimes be overbearing with too much deus vult and add extreme dps, they tend to steal the spotlight. I'd advice sharing in the spotlight in and out of combat and playing for the group. Paladins can make for great defenders and buffers in the rght situations, not just big bonky boys xD hope this helped and good luck :)

@xenocross6597

8 ай бұрын

@@TeraclonPaladins could be stereotypical lawful stupid characters… or they could be what most pallys are, actual characters with morals and ideas beyond follow law, retake holy land. Also they only have that dpr is you’re in melee, and willing to forgo half of being a paladin, and also that dpr isn’t that good. Basically, you’re falling into the classic fifth edition fallacy of overrating Divine Smite. Don’t do that. Paladins are usually pretty good to have at your table unless it’s a stereotypical unfun one. Paragon, unconditionally heroic paladins are fun to have around, the stereotype from editions before 4th is not, and as previously stated the dpr isn’t that crazy and has a bad opportunity cost. TL;DR Play what you want, mostly how you want, and flavor is free so if you want the paladin gameplay loop but none of the paladin flavor, yeah sure, have fun with that.

@LupineShadowOmega

8 ай бұрын

@@pungoblin9377 The best thing to remember is Your Paladin makes the Oath, not their party. They are honor bound to uphold this standard, that isn't true of everyone else.

I'll just say this: My group was in a zone that temporarily buffed us the lvl 20, and my Glory Paladin riding his Pegasus almost single handedly took down an Empyrean (with some healing from the druid). Gods, I miss playing that character sometimes.

I'd love to see a "you might be a wildfire druid" some day. The way you hype up classes is so fuckin amazing🤣 currently playing a wildfire druid and it's so damn fun!

I've only ever made one paladin. And he was a Variant Human Glory Paladin. He's also one of the only characters whose family I also made character sheets for. His wife is an Orc shaman who he fell in love with after being captured by her tribe. And their son is a Half-Orc Valor Bard.

Oath of Conquest for me. Spiritual Weapon and Extra Attack are my jam on a spellblade type. Add Magic Missle and I'd probably be playing a College of Swords Bard at that point. I just don't wanna.

I don't usually like a video, but this one was VERY entertaining. Paladin is my favorite class, and the "SMITE!" Made me laugh every time. Good job man!

"Speaking of mindless chimps, ..." ;;; gold... absolute GOLD!!

YES glory paladin! I remember reading their abilities and thinking they were the coolest but a bunch of people online said they were mid so I ended up going with a different subclass for my current campaign. I still think I went with the right choice, but MAN would I love to play full path of glory one day

@HighPhoenix1754

8 ай бұрын

Played it for a one shot back when it was Unearthed Arcana, and, even at level three it is SO strong.

@KnicKnac

8 ай бұрын

Playing it now and absolutely enjoying it.

As an avid sports fan (especially basketball) I really appreciate this video. I can't like this one enough.

I usually play cg paladins from either vengeance, Conquest, devotion or redemption I think I found a new favorite and I strongly believe this subclass is underestimated and need more love because you feel like a perfect attack and support paladin with this subclass

Great class. However for those who are trying to figure out the RP side of the character might I suggest this. I’m playing a lvl 13 Minotaur Paladin. He is all about hogging the spotlight for personal glory, but not for the reasons you might think. You see, he believes that the more legendary he becomes the more he can inspire the masses to push their limits to be the best they can be in their chosen field. It’s through this inspiration that he believes he brings glory to his god and serves his god. So yes he can be a bit reckless and an egomaniac, but it’s central to how he plays in game. Would love to hear how you RP yours

@roguebarbarian9133

2 ай бұрын

While I haven’t played one, I would imagine a good motivation would be to try and restore honor to your family. In that regard, it actually becomes a less evil-coded oath of vengeance style paladin as you try to right your personal wrongs.

Just found your channel today and binge watched all of these at work...I NEED MORE!!! MOOOOREE!!!

Glory Paladin is my favorite character to play. Awesome video!

This vid validates some of my past ideas for Centaur Glory Paladin. All those buffs to speed on horse person decked out in full plate. Might not be top speed, but definitely sounds like it'd be up there.

Another glorious video to bring honor to your channel I await your next broadcast for Glory!

I’m so used to running campaigns for paladins yet never have played one. I have loved the theme of the Glory paladin since I saw the play test for it and have been eagerly awaiting a campaign where no one else picks the paladin straight away to play one!

Another banger as always

woooooo!! yeah baby that's what i've been waiting for that's what it's all about!!!

This was fun! I enjoy these videos a lot. Oath of Ancients paladin next, perhaps?

Currently playing this subclass and having a blast. Very paladin lite. I'm the Captain America of the group. Took interceptor fighting style and inspiring leader as my only feat just keeping my party up fighting. Very paladin lite too.

Really blue balling us with that space jam tune. Besides that love the content

glory paladins are so underrated. i feel like their subclass features offers the best mix of teamwork, support, and active combat efficacy 1. their oath is probably the most flexible/non-contentious oath when it comes to general teamwork and decision making. the oath is basically striving to make good stories, and ensuring that you and your party are better today than they were yesterday 2. unlike almost every other channel divinity, a glory paladin can actually make use of their 3rd level class feature not just every day, but every combat they have channel divinity available -and the effects last all day. namely in inspiring smite, which doesn't burn your action, so there's no real setup or cost to action economy unless you're a PAM build. temp hp will always be useful in every adventuring day, *and again it lasts for the full day*. so you could actually give yourself like 12-30 temp hp, short rest, then give 12-30 more temp hp to another party member, repeat 3. extra movement in actual practice comes in handy quite often. so many situations where 30ft is *just* out of range of an enemy or some other important objective. not to mention that it often gives players easier opportunities to flank, which is a rule that every table i've ever played at in the last half decade has used. you basically get infinite access to what's essentially the vengeance paladin's main crowning feature for no real resource cost, *and* give it to the party member you're flanking with. all it takes is literally the most basic amount of teamwork. not to mention niche non-combat situations where extra movement is useful in general 4. haste. do i really need to say more? beyond the reminder that if you pick up res con you'll likely have +10 to con saving throws by level 9, meaning you outright can't fail a concentration check until you take at least 24 damage in one hit, or 44 damage before the odds will be against you. even if you don't take res con and have a +7 to con saving throws, you'd still need to take at least 38 damage before the odds are against you succeeding 5. if you get to high levels, the level 15 ability is probably one of the best level 15 paladin subclass features

Resilient into constitution just so it’s much harder to get knocked out of haste. More benefits less negatives

Showing Matt getting his face rocked was way too funny

So I have a Hobgoblin Glory Paladin and let me tell you... It's like I'm back in 3.5e with all this re-rolling I get to do!

Great video as always! Hope we can get my favorite underrated psychic boi sorcerers sometime soon 🧠

One of my favourite chars is Hafling Paladin of Glory He uses knuckles He is SHORT He uses all the smites possible to uppercut enemies of Sune (aka grumpies) where it counts so hard, sometimes my dm lets me force their head to explode

I feel like this was made to be multi classed with champion fighter. Action surgue is always great on a martial, you get extra wepon proficients if you want/need them for your build, boosted crit is terrifying with smight, and the flavor is just right there.

Love using this archetype with a mount they make it faster and harder to target due to their aura.

this video was so entertaining i watched it twice

This video SMITES

To be fair to Improved Divine Smite, the idea is basically that you are now so in-tune with your SMITE that some of it is always leaking out on every attack even when you don't consciously invoke it (and it does add that extra die even when you SMITE properly so yeah).

If I were to stat Steve Harrington as a D&D character, I'd totally use Oath of Glory Paladin. I mean, the subclass aura is all about encouraging your charges to run faster lol perfect for that sequence in Season 2 when they were running away from the demodogs in the tunnels.

Love it

I love that you mentioned Bo Jackson he's my favorite football player!

If you wanna attribute this to an actual sport, the easiest reflavoring would probably be baseball: - turn your maul into a baseball bat - ranged spell attacks are pitching or hitting a magically conjured baseball - is a team sport, so defending your allies and running up to them makes sense Or convince your DM to allow Unarmed Fighting and homebrew some magical cleats to make it work for football!

I used to call this the better Champion Fighter since they have the same theme, but this one is better thought out machanics.

I'm sorry but if I'm DMing a game, and the pally has monk levels or the unarmed fighting style, I'm letting them consider their fist as weapons to smite with because its just cool and isn't any more powerful then any other weapon. Its silly.

@youmightbeadnd

8 ай бұрын

EXACTLY!

In the sage advice compendium, they state,"If a DM decides to override this rule, no imbalance is created. Tying Divine Smite to weapons was a thematic choice on our part-paladins being traditionally associated with weapons. It was not a game balance choice. "

my next smite is gonna be on your name

You talked about smiting so much the KZread AI thought you were talking about Smite the MOBA lol. Also, if you are taking recommendations, I hope you do a video on the Tempest Cleric. I know it's not the best made subclass (it's from the 2014 Players hand book), but it's the one I played the most and have the best memories

3:54 You might not be able to smite with your bare hands, you can smite with your claws if they are natural weapons. Path of the beast barbarian and Alter Self spell. Not to mention those races changed by MMM.

I started by questioning myself; there is always a god of beauty, love, art, ecc, and usually we see their equivalent of a cleric...but how a paladin would work for her?. So i ended up creating a goliath paladin that want to be like one of those heroes from the epic tales, aspiring to physical and mental perfection while inspiring the others with his own glorious example of perfection in every situation.

Fun fact If you wanna lay down the smackdown with your fists as a Paladin, ask your DM to reflavor a sword as brass knuckles. Same mechanics, but GLORIOUS flavor.

@LupineShadowOmega

8 ай бұрын

Warhammer, because bludgeoning damage.

@Helldragon789

8 ай бұрын

@LupineShadowOmega make it a maul, actually. 2d6 bludgeoning. You could say the individual d6 is for each fist in your 1-2 punch.

FOR GLORY, FOR OUR BROTHERS, FOR THE EMPORER

Glory, glory... HALLE-FUCKING-LUJAH! 💥💥💥

"While theyre the greatest to ever play, we're to greatest to ever slay!" 😢 missed opportunities

Wildfire Druid!

Just for showing the Tennessee Volunteers at 00:19 i now have to be a Glory Paladin

The Circle of Stars is my favorite Druid subclass, could you make a video about it?

Please add Conquest Paladin to the next poll, it’s my absolute favorite subclass ever

Oath of ballin

OneD&D is allowing fist smites!

I wanna see a warlock pact of symbiont pls !

I played this once in a very homebrewed setting but this dude that i had quite litearlly slam dunked a god out of existance by the end of his life.

Real "COLE TRAIN BABY" energy here

Reminder that if you ask your dm to smite with your fists, he'll probably allow it

Me thinking of Glory Paladin: _I have the power of God and anime on my side!_ YMBA describing Glory Paladin: *_PALADIN IS BALLIN'!!!_*

Talk about my baby boy the shadow monk next.

Paladin is very fun in roleplay but a word of warning for people who play them: be very conservative of your spell slots because their early on spells are not great and the slots are better used for smiting when you need it. When you have no slots you just kinda feel like a worse Fighter.

Babe wake up new “you might be a dnd” video just dropped

Oathbreaker paladin! Or maybe Stars Druid?

Could you make some not-so-good subclasses feel badass? Like those Purple Dragon Knights or Nature Clerics, or even Dream Druids... If you're feeling bold, I could toss that Way of the 4 Elements Avatar Monk.

It's the Jaime Lannister class!

Perfect subclass for a Leonin 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁

Everyone DUNKED on the glory paladin during the polls. They didn't truly know the magnificence

Leonin Glory Paladin get 45 feet of movement. Throw haste on that, and nothing is getting away

I've got an Oath of Glory Paladin who's follows Horus Re... And she's an ABSOLUTE coward. 🤣 Can't enter fights without Channeling Divinity for herself, going from Usopp to All Might in anime terms. WISH I could play her in a campaign.

Oathbreaker Paladin pls

I let paladins smite on unarmed strikes in my games. You’re channeling divine energy to annihilate your foes through your violent wrath. Punching counts

Could you do swarm keeper ranger?

My first paladin was a glory paladin

🎉

100% certain if Gow'ron from Star Trek played DnD, this is what class he would pick.

A paladin with Brass knuckles .

You think you would ever do the 3rd party sub-classes? Like with Kobold Press?

As someone who hasn’t played D&D, the news you can’t smite bare handed greatly saddened me

SMITE!

i rolled my stats for my dragon born paladin and got an 18 on strength so i started campaing at 20 strength so i just had to go oath of glory

The only issue is teabagging while wearing full plate armour.

Dude went the extra mile not to say Tom Brady 😂

Are there other classes besides Paladin?? Huh, didn’t notice.

is there a certain website or 2 that you got this info from?

🗿👍

If take two lvls into fighter, can I attack 8 times?

First 😎

Wait a minute, why is Divine Smite capped at 5d8? If your smite does 2d8 for a 1st Level spell slot and you get an additional 1d8 for every spell slot higher than 1st, shouldn't it cap at 6d8 since a 5th Level spell slot would represent an 4 extra 1d8? Am I missing something here? Why does a 5th Level Divine Smite do the same damage as a 4th Level Divine Smite?

While I wouldn’t call the glory paladin bad, that level 7 ability is so weak it really drags down the whole subclass. This is especially true when you consider that other paladin subclasses are getting things like bonuses to initiative rolls and resistance to spell damage at this level.

@Exaltable

8 ай бұрын

It’s sad because UA glory was quite a decent bit stronger feeling imo. Definitely did the concept dirty. I wanna play my Greek hero or Hercules paladin damnit!

@xenocross6597

8 ай бұрын

Yeah

@KnicKnac

8 ай бұрын

Tell that to my barbarian party member who benefits from the increased speed at the start of combat. Extra movement speed is so underrated. Sure the aura should be 5ft more, but it has been so helpful in my game. I suppose mileage will vary.

@dragonrider0079

8 ай бұрын

It just needs a buff to 10 ft radius like all the others, there is no reason for it to be a 5 ft. radius effect. Played my own with 10 ft. and it was perfectly fine, and that game I was the only frontliner.

@KnicKnac

8 ай бұрын

@@dragonrider0079 True. I can agree with that. My party is stacked so we have a few front line folks. Zealot barbarian, Glory Paladin, War Cleric, Bardloc, then our SorLoc for backline.

Smiting is overrated, only smite when you crit. Otherwise those spell slots are usually more impactful than 7 extra damage.

First

If you want to get into character for Glory Paladin, just watch 7 deadly sins (nanatsu no taizai) and borrow inspiration from Escanor. You'll thank me later :)

Imagine você e seu grupo entram em uma arena, e pelo cheiro de corpos mortos e areia molhada vocês ouvem uma voz lá no fundo brandido e gritando, "VOCÊS ESTÂO ENTRETIDOS?"

So this is the Skyrim class of DnD?

paladins are just magic barbarians