Oath
Spell, Divine Magic, level 5
Binds a willing person to a promise; breaking it causes collapse and death within seven days.
From the book
Ensures that anyone who gives the caster their word on any matter will keep it. Whoever breaks a promise sealed by this spell collapses senseless and dies within seven days. The subject must be willing, and the oath is permanent unless the caster or the one swearing sets other terms before the spell is cast.
At a glance
- Requires
- Willing subject
- Duration
- Permanent unless stated otherwise beforehand
- Save
- None
- Spell type
- Non-variable
A scene
The two Vanir clan chiefs have killed each other's sons for three generations, and now they stand in the priest's hall in Haloga with their hands clasped. Both have agreed to this, grudgingly. The priest binds their words with a prayer: no raids, no killings, not for as long as they both live. Each man knows exactly what that means. Break it, and he will fall senseless and be dead within a week. The chiefs release each other's hands very carefully, as if they were holding something that might shatter.