> The PCs are survivors of a devastating raid on their village. On looking for
> other survivors they find the Humakti Weaponsthane who has been hanging on for
> this oportunity. With the characters nearby he demands that they swear that
> they will deal vengence to the perpetrators unto the fifth generation.
> He successfully DIs and make this into an Oath that affects all present.
I'm not sure if Graeme meant "affects all present, who agree to it" (a la simply a mega-stacked verion of Oath), or that it was binding on everyone, agreeable or not. The former would be reasonable (though the terms of the oath may not be: more fool anyone who does agree to it); the latter would be an exercise in Hose The Players, for my money, as it runs contrary to the whole meaning of oath-taking.
As a footnote to this, though, Tony Benn tells an anecdote of being "sworn in" as a Minister of the Crown. When he quibbled that he wasn't sure he agreed to all the terms of the oath, and might not agree to take it, he was told it was too late: it'd already been "administered" on him, so it was "binding", whether he agreed on not.
So far as I'm aware, though, no 30mp Sever Spirit has been seen coming his way...
Alex.
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