Posted by Graham on November 29, 2000 at 02:31:05:
In Reply to: Re: Bloodoath...affront to roleplaying? (Serious question) posted by dan! on November 28, 2000 at 21:59:33:
The loss of skills/spells (not communes, thats fine) for some people after taking the blood oath, whilst acting as a roleplay game balance (and stopping hordes of storm warriors mindlessly taking the oath without regard for RP whilst claiming to be a "special case") it kinda wastes the empires oathing. Just an idea for something more interesting than destroying your character.
Options
A: The imms should make it clear that those people that lose their skills/spells should quite easily get them back as long as they can prove why they took the oath and they are acting as LE should.
B: The bloodoath shouldn't change your alignment, only your ethos. You are bound to the order of the empire. This would mean that LG storm warriors could be in the empire but with the effect that if they do not follow the orders of the sect lords etc then they can become anathema. This means you have good people carrying out evil orders which would effectively turn them evil in time / make them leave the empire / or kill themselves.
Graham