- I agree that it is really bad that the same NPC can make you an oathbreaker and bring you back on the old path for some money.
suggestion: The idea of an "oath-meter" sounds not bad. Some actions change it a little while some extreme actions make you become an oathbreaker at once (an extrem example would be sacrificing a child to a demon lord to gain power). When you become an oathbreaker the oath-meter is at the minimum. When you can bring the oath-meter to a very high value again by your actions you can get a quest to redeem yourself, such as contacting another cleric, paladin or your god or performing a ritual at a specific place.
Redeeming yourself should become harder after every time you broke your oath, so maybe every broken oath halves the "positive karma gain" for your oath-meter while the "negative karma gain" stays the same.
- I think in BG1/2 you became a fighter of the same level when you were a paladin or ranger and your reputation got too bad.
I only read the in the manual, it never happened to me. I played the original game without mods, not the EE.
I think in NWN 1/2 and Pathfinder you would lose your paladin powers and you cannot progress in this class when you stop being lawful good.
You keep profiencies, BAB and saving throws (without cha bonus).
Once again, I just read it. It did not happen to me.
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