I thought it was something like the Deities just bless them with some powers so they can do the work those deities support, kind of like an Oracle in Pathfinder. So the Paladin didn't chose that deity, the deity choose them.
I would still like to be able to select deities for worship just for the sake of getting reactivity in dialogues.
D&D 5E: SCAG: "Most Paladins, like Clerics, are dedicated to a Deity in the Forgotten Realms".
Lorewise, MOST paladins are, but mechanically you dont "have" to choose a deity in 5e. But the vast majority of players who play as a Paladin in 5E, select a deity.
Lorewise, and D&D player base wise, its a given with atleast an option, (like Cleric in BG3, just add none to please the minority, problem solved).
But Larian have been quiet on this so far.
Most likely one will have to either mod *like in EA), or alternatively multiclass to a cleric. Will still be Cleric dialogue, but that will be a workaround I suppose.
