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Oath Spells

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	Additionally, replace the Raise Dead spell from the Paladin Spell List with Reincarnate.		Additionally, replace the Raise Dead spell from the Paladin Spell List with Reincarnate.

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	== Features ==		== Features ==

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Tenets

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	*Duty to the dead. Those who have completed their task go to receive judgement. Care for them and help them reach it.		*Duty to the dead. Those who have completed their task go to receive judgement. Care for them and help them reach it.
	*Obeisance to the Emperor. Banikon claims the souls of the world to judge. It is not for others to decide their time. Those who unnaturally extend their life forgo the lessons he tries to teach.		*Obeisance to the Emperor. Banikon claims the souls of the world to judge. It is not for others to decide their time. Those who unnaturally extend their life forgo the lessons he tries to teach.

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	== Oath Spells ==		== Oath Spells ==

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Features

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	== Features ==		== Features ==

	~~;'''~~Channel Divinity~~'''~~		=== Channel Divinity ===
	When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel Divinity options.		When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel Divinity options.
	~~:''~~Shepherd the Fallen''		==== Shepherd the Fallen ====
	~~:As an action you present a phial~~ of ~~water and speak a prayer invoking the Emperor’s will, using~~ your ~~Channel Divinity. Each undead~~ within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its saving throw, it becomes friendly for 1 minute or until it takes damage. Every corpse within 30 feet of you that is ambulatory rises as a construct for the duration of this spell or until it takes damage.		Each undead of your choice within 30 feet of you that can see or hear you must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC.
	:A shepherded creature must spend its turns following you. It also can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, the creature can use the Dodge acti'on.
	~~:''Promise of Down'fall''~~
	~~:Using~~ your ~~Channel Divinity as a bonus action, you can cast Create or Destroy Water if you have an available~~ spell ~~slot. You gain advantage on attack rolls against any creature caught within the rain for 1 minute or until it takes fire damage, drops to 0 hit points, or falls unconscious~~.

	;'''~~Aura of Preservation~~'''		On a failed save, the undead is '''shepherded''' for 1 minute or until it takes damage. A shepherded creature is charmed by you, its speed is halved, it cannot move farther away from you, and it cannot take reactions. On its turn it must use its action to Dash to move closer to you, Dodge, or attempt to escape any effect that is restraining or grappling it. Every unattended corpse (non-undead, Small or larger) within 30 feet of you rises as a mindless construct for the same duration, called a Bearer. A Bearer uses the statistics of a skeleton with the following changes:
	~~:Starting at 7th level~~, ~~all bodies~~ within 10 feet of you ~~are treated~~ as ~~under~~ the ~~effects of~~ a ~~Gentle Repose spell~~. A ~~number~~ of ~~times per long rest equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum~~ of ~~one), you may cast Revivify on one friendly creature within the aura. You do not need to know or prepare the Revivify spell to use this feature~~.		*Its creature type is construct instead of undead.
	~~:At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to~~ 30 feet.		*It cannot move more than 30 feet away from you.
			*It cannot attack.

	~~;'''Command the Dead'''~~		On your turn, you can use a bonus action to mentally command any Bearers you created with this use of Channel Divinity. They can take the Dash, Disengage, Dodge, Help, or Use an Object action.
	~~:Starting at 15th level~~, you can use ~~divine magic~~ to ~~bring the recently dead under your control. As an action,~~ you ~~can choose one corpse that you can see within your Aura~~ of ~~Repose~~. ~~Make a Charisma saving throw against~~ the ~~target’s Constitution. If it fails~~, ~~you can’t use this feature on it again. If it succeeds~~, ~~it rises as a construct and obeys your commands until you use this feature again~~, ~~you take a long rest, you fall unconscious~~, or ~~it leaves your Aura of Preservation. Creatures controlled this way cannot cast spells or make any other mental checks as actions~~.

	;'''~~Forth~~ the ~~Waters~~'''		All Bearers collapse, and the shepherded condition ends on all affected creatures, when the duration ends or you fall unconscious.
	:At 20th level, your command of the waters is supreme. ~~You~~ gain the ~~ability~~ to cast ~~Water Walk~~ as a ritual. Whenever you cast ~~Control Water~~ on at least 10 gallons of water, ~~the spell~~ also ~~summons~~ a ~~Water Elemental of~~ CR 5 into an unoccupied ~~square~~ within range. The elemental is friendly to you and your companions for the duration.		==== Promise of Downfall ====
	:Roll initiative for the elemental~~, which has~~ its own ~~turns. It~~ obeys ~~any~~ verbal commands ~~that you issue to it~~ (no action required ~~by you~~). If you ~~don’t issue any~~ commands ~~to the elemental~~, it defends itself ~~from hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions~~.		As a bonus action, you call down Banikon’s judgment on a single foe, using your Channel Divinity.
	:If your concentration is broken, the elemental immediately dissolves back into the ~~existing~~ water.		Choose one creature you can see within 10 feet of you. A phantom raincloud swirls above it alone.
	~~:Any~~ creature grappled by the ~~Elemental~~ takes additional, magical bludgeoning damage equal to twice your ~~charisma~~ modifier ~~when~~ you hit it with an attack.		*For 1 minute, you gain advantage on attack rolls against that creature.
			*The effect ends early if the creature drops to 0 hit points or falls unconscious, or if you become incapacitated.
			This is treated as a divine mark rather than a physical rainstorm; it functions even indoors, underground, or underwater.

			=== Aura of Preservation ===
			Starting at 7th level, the stillness of a funeral surrounds you.
			*Any corpses within 10 feet of you are treated as under the effects of ''Gentle Repose''.
			*You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you gain resistance to necrotic damage, and your hit point maximum can’t be reduced while you remain in the aura.
			*A number of times per long rest equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of one), you may cast ''Revivify'' without expending a spell slot or material components on one friendly creature within the aura. You do not need to know or prepare the Revivify spell to use this feature.
			At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

			=== Command the Dead ===
			Starting at 15th level, you can use divine magic to bring the recently dead under your control. As an action, you can choose one corpse that you can see within your Aura of Repose. Make a Charisma saving throw against the target’s Constitution. If it fails, you can’t use this feature on it again. If it succeeds, it rises as a construct and obeys your commands until you use this feature again, you take a long rest, you fall unconscious, or it completely leaves your Aura of Preservation. Creatures controlled this way cannot cast spells or make any other mental checks as actions.

			=== Forth the Waters ===
			At 20th level, your command of the waters and the passage between life and death is supreme.
			==== Avatar of Muericho ====
			As an action, you can assume the aspect of Banikon for 1 minute. For the duration, you gain:
			*A swim speed equal to twice your walking speed, and you can stand and move across the surface of water as if it were solid ground.
			*Resistance to cold and necrotic damage.
			*When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can force it to make a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, you can either knock it prone or push it up to 15 feet in a straight line toward the nearest body of water.
			*At the start of each of your turns, you can choose one creature you can see within 30 feet that is at 0 hit points. That creature automatically succeeds on its next death saving throw before the start of your next turn.
			Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
			==== River's Summons ====
			In addition, your mastery of river-magic deepens:
			* You can cast water walk as a ritual. It is always prepared for you and doesn’t count against your number of prepared spells.
			* Whenever you cast control water on at least 10 gallons of water, you can also summon a water elemental (CR 5) into an unoccupied space within the spell’s range. The elemental is friendly to you and your companions for the duration of the spell.
			**Roll initiative for the elemental; it acts on its own turn and obeys your verbal commands (no action required). If you give it no commands, it takes the Dodge action and defends itself.
			**If your concentration on control water is broken, the elemental immediately dissolves back into the water.
			**While a creature is grappled by the water elemental you summoned through this feature, it takes additional magical bludgeoning damage equal to twice your Charisma modifier whenever you hit it with a melee weapon attack.

	[[Category:Religion]]		[[Category:Religion]]
	[[Category:Stevedores_of_Banikon]]		[[Category:Stevedores_of_Banikon]]

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The Priests and Mendicant Stevedores of Banikon exist to shepherd the dead to Muericho, but the Paladins of the Overbank take a more active approach to the betterment of the world. In addition to guiding remains to the river, the Overbank are vigilant in their watch over the rivers of the world, preventing undead from terrorizing the populace. Additionally, their Emperor in the afterlife, Banikon, impels them to seek out those who defy his rule.

== Tenets ==
The Overbank Paladins swear these oaths to older members of the order at their indoctrination:
*Learning through lives. Men are reincarnated to learn a new lesson for paradise. Help others discover theirs.
*Vigilance on Vai. Don’t allow your watch to slip. Protect the naturally living of the world.
*Duty to the dead. Those who have completed their task go to receive judgement. Care for them and help them reach it.
*Obeisance to the Emperor. Banikon claims the souls of the world to judge. It is not for others to decide their time. Those who unnaturally extend their life forgo the lessons he tries to teach.

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== Oath Spells ==
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed.
{| class="wikitable"
!Level
!Spells
|-
|3rd
|Create or Destroy Water, Tenser’s Floating Disk
|-
|5th
|Gentle Repose, Hold Person
|-
|9th
|Feign Death, Tidal Wave
|-
|13th
|Control Water, Locate Creature
|-
|17th
|Dispel Evil and Good, Hallow
|}

Additionally, replace the Raise Dead spell from the Paladin Spell List with Reincarnate.

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== Features ==

;'''Channel Divinity'''
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel Divinity options.
:''Shepherd the Fallen''
:As an action you present a phial of water and speak a prayer invoking the Emperor’s will, using your Channel Divinity. Each undead within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its saving throw, it becomes friendly for 1 minute or until it takes damage. Every corpse within 30 feet of you that is ambulatory rises as a construct for the duration of this spell or until it takes damage.
:A shepherded creature must spend its turns following you. It also can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, the creature can use the Dodge acti'on.
:''Promise of Down'fall''
:Using your Channel Divinity as a bonus action, you can cast Create or Destroy Water if you have an available spell slot. You gain advantage on attack rolls against any creature caught within the rain for 1 minute or until it takes fire damage, drops to 0 hit points, or falls unconscious.

;'''Aura of Preservation'''
:Starting at 7th level, all bodies within 10 feet of you are treated as under the effects of a Gentle Repose spell. A number of times per long rest equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of one), you may cast Revivify on one friendly creature within the aura. You do not need to know or prepare the Revivify spell to use this feature.
:At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

;'''Command the Dead'''
:Starting at 15th level, you can use divine magic to bring the recently dead under your control. As an action, you can choose one corpse that you can see within your Aura of Repose. Make a Charisma saving throw against the target’s Constitution. If it fails, you can’t use this feature on it again. If it succeeds, it rises as a construct and obeys your commands until you use this feature again, you take a long rest, you fall unconscious, or it leaves your Aura of Preservation. Creatures controlled this way cannot cast spells or make any other mental checks as actions.

;'''Forth the Waters'''
:At 20th level, your command of the waters is supreme. You gain the ability to cast Water Walk as a ritual. Whenever you cast Control Water on at least 10 gallons of water, the spell also summons a Water Elemental of CR 5 into an unoccupied square within range. The elemental is friendly to you and your companions for the duration.
:Roll initiative for the elemental, which has its own turns. It obeys any verbal commands that you issue to it (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any commands to the elemental, it defends itself from hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions.
:If your concentration is broken, the elemental immediately dissolves back into the existing water.
:Any creature grappled by the Elemental takes additional, magical bludgeoning damage equal to twice your charisma modifier when you hit it with an attack.

[[Category:Religion]]
[[Category:Stevedores_of_Banikon]]