Justice Oath

The Justice Oath is a solemn commitment to punish those who have committed a grievous sin. When malevolent forces slaughter helpless villagers, when an entire people turns against the will of the gods, when a thieves' guild grows too violent and powerful, when a dragon rampages through the countryside - at times like these, paladins arise and swear a justice oath to set right that which has gone wrong. To these paladins  - sometimes called avengers or dark knights - their own purity is not as important as delivering justice.

Observance

The tenets of the Oath of Justice vary by paladin, but all the tenets revolve around punishing wrongdoers by any means necessary. Paladins who uphold these tenets are willing to sacrifice even their own righteousness to mete out justice upon those who do wrong. The core principles of the tenets are brutally simple.

• Fight the Greater Evil. Faced with a choice of fighting my sworn foes or combating a lesser evil. I choose the greater evil.
• No Mercy for the Wicked. Ordinary foes might win my mercy, but my sworn enemies do not.
• By Any Means Necessary. My qualms can't get in the way of exterminating my foes.
• Restitution. If my foes wreak ruin on the world, it is because I failed to stop them. I must help those harmed by their misdeeds.