Posted by Zepachu on November 1, 2000 at 09:31:04:
In Reply to: Arguement for allowing oathing without the Codex posted by moneydog on November 1, 2000 at 09:15:09:
I believe that the whole point of Cabal items is to actively give the playerbase something to care about... whether it be defending/retrieving their own, or stealing other's. I feel your pain. Perhaps you can offer to go retrieve with whatever Citizens are in Thera at the time. It's tough, true, but I do believe that giving the Empire the ability to oath without the item is a bad move. "They would be able to oath even without the Codex." is basically what you said... Think about it from another viewpoint and you'll see that that's exactly why it shouldn't be changed to work like that. -Zep
> I think this is one power that still should be allowed without the
> cabal item. Perhaps make it cost more mana or something like with
> village and truesight. I have been inducted into empire by an
> immortal on more than one occasion, however, you have to be oathed
> first. But the way Empire has fallen into a state of disrepair,
> they almost never have the Codex to be able to oath with. How the
> hell can they climb back to power without being able to induct?
> It's a hard enough time trying to even find a citizen on to be able
> to get the oath, let alone a citizen on and they actually have the
> codex. The whole idea of the Empire is supposed to be power in
> numbers and the supposed ease of induction.