A paladin merely adheres to the will of his deity and is granted aid and powers.
I dunno, seems weird ...
What would make them different from cleric then?
Honestly, the very concept of the Oathbreaker makes no sense to me
Even if you strike deity out of that equation?
It makes sense to me ...
Paladin believed that he is worthy of power ... therefore he had power ... then he did something that made him feel like being unworthy of that power ... so he lost the power ... except he didnt in fact the power was still there, just malformed, twisted.
Or siplified version:
As long as Paladin believes to be pure (oath here works as set of rules that define purity) ... his power is pure ... once he lost that believe (aka break his oath) ... his power bevome twisted, bcs he is no longer pure.
If Deity would be source of his power ... besides being Cleric in fact ... he would lost his power by breaking his Oath, wich isnt happening.
