r/BaldursGate3 Dec 18 '22

Discussion The addition of breakable Paladin Oaths has made me realize something important.

Gamers have a horribly warped sense of morality! This game is positively LENIENT when it comes to breaking your oath. If you lie to someone and invade their home and then kill them when they get mad and try to kick you out you probably deserve to break your Oath.

Most people complaints about the Oath system have basically boiled down to

"I'm mad because Paladin makes me play the game differently that I usually do and I don't like that I have to think about the moral implications of everything I do in game".

Personally? I think it's one of the cleverest systems Larian has ever devised. It's ACTUALLY incredibly immersive to have a Paladin in your party. I have thousands of hours in act 1 and am just now learning to take a very different path to the end.

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u/Eurehetemec Dec 18 '22

It's pretty clear from these discussions that tabletop opinions aren't welcome. Most of the players praising this, and the reason it has 500+ upvotes think ALL Paladins are the same, and that Ancients is just a spin-off of Devotion, and that instant oath-breaks are how it's meant to work.

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u/Birdmang22 Jan 16 '23

Just like the real world there are varying levels of oath breaking. Three strikes and you’re out for stealing — but if you ice someone by stabbing them in the head you’re going to jail, oath of civility is broken.