but they're also not really meant to be "follow your conscience" characters.
A) I picked the Ancients Oath because it does align with what my conscience usually dictates.
B) From the PHB :
Tenets of the Ancients
The tenets of the Oath of the Ancients have been preserved for uncounted centuries. This oath emphasizes the principles of good above any concerns of law or chaos.
Chaotic good (CG) creatures act as their conscience directs, with little regard for what others expect. Copper dragons, many elves, and unicorns are chaotic good.
I'm not saying this to agree with any complaints of people doing obvious devious things and breaking their oaths. But a lot of things are up for interpretations.
And to me the issue is the feeling of having a "Sword of Damocles" above my head because of the current implementation and the feeling of exclusion based on some members of the community (not necessarily here, also reddit...I know I know, reddit bad).
There's meant to be degree of flexibility that's open to interpretation.
I mean that was my point and my way of reasoning. My interpretation is also based on what my conscience and logic is telling me is good.
But I still feel excluded from being a paladin with how things are (the game, the community).
To me, the Ancient Oath offers a lot of leeway in terms of interpretations (as long as you are trying to do good but there are a lot of gray situations in the game, I find).
