jeez ya those are restrictions, you got me on that, forgot about all of those.
Yeah... Previous editions where big on restrictions. No such thing as a neutral or evil paladin. Lawful good is the only way to go. The choices you get as a paladin in kingmaker screwed you if you didn't use the crappy lawful good choice and made you lose your powers. They had to slap a bandaid to soft fix it by adding in scrolls of atonement. I think back on 1e & 2e you could only be good aligned if you wanted to be a ranger.
5e fix that by leaving that up to your subclass. As for cleric you get abilities based on your domain that you picked along with bonus spells. Like the Arcana Domain gives you access to some of the Wizard spells with use of your wisdom modifier.
