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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kobold Avenger" data-source="post: 6744254" data-attributes="member: 779">I see the types of madness for such a subclass could get as being varied and flexible for what could fit in a campaign.  In some cases it very well could be the scary, very serious types of madness that could have voices in their head urging them to spill blood often, they'll probably be evil in such a case.  In other cases someone under the Oath of Madness could have a more manageable delusion, where their view of reality is perhaps more whimsical and innocent, "Yes Cheshire, if we don't stand up to the Red Queen then Wonderland is doomed!".One of the big conceits that I see with this concept, is that their view of reality doesn't match that of most people's views of reality, even if they actually see the underlying truth. Which is why my idea of the first type of madness paladins were that many of them either serve the entities of the Far Realm, or they actively oppose the entities of the Far Realm, but because they know too much about the Far Realm they've become insane themselves.The second type I mentioned the delusional, is one of the more open ideas in what such a concept could be.  I used the dark Alice in Wonderland example as one of the possible ideas.  But there's certainly a lot more that could fit into that concept of the delusional. The third type I mentioned is the idea that for some this Oath is like an alternative oathbreaker/blackguard, except instead of falling into darkness, they fall into madness instead.</blockquote>

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