The temple has a large bell in the center, inscribed with laws-- many of them archaic, irrelevant to your situation here. Laws involving food preparation, laws involving cattle trade, laws involving how deeply one must bow to a father-in-law... But in each of the four cardinal directions there are four long scrolls unfurled and hanging like tapestries.
The four large scrolls of oaths on the walls read:
Oath of the Loyal: For so long as you swear loyalty to me and stay by my side, may you be granted glory and strength. Oath of the Gentle: I undertake this vow-- for if I raise a blade against another, may I be pained in kind. Oath of the Brave: I swear I am no coward- for so long as the battle rages, I will not turn tail and flee. Oath of the Lover: By this vow I am bound- should you or I be harmed, let us share the pain and halve our burden.
Beneath those oaths are smears of blood, thumbprints and handprints. This might be a really good or really bad place to meet one of Taisho Roman Revolution.
Mechanics If a member of Taisho who has the Swear on Your Honor ability gets another to sign their name or smear their blood on one of those contracts, the following effects will be granted or inflicted:
Oath of the Loyal: +2 strength for as long as the signee stays in the same area as their contractor, without betraying them.
Oath of the Gentle: Any damage the signee does with a blade damages them too. Damage dealt barehanded, through skill use, or with any non-bladed tools or weapons is unaffected.
Oath of the Brave: Characters that sign this contract cannot attempt to retreat from combat until the other party surrenders, flees, etc.
Oath of the Lover: When either the signee or the contractor takes damage, the damage is halved, with half the damage going to the other contracted party.
[ With no one else here, she takes her lance and slices through the Oath of the Gentle Tapestry — 4/4/6, pass with exceptional success — shredding it thoroughly.
Rendering someone helpless has nothing to do with gentleness, in her opinion.
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THE TEMPLE OF LAW
The four large scrolls of oaths on the walls read:
Oath of the Loyal: For so long as you swear loyalty to me and stay by my side, may you be granted glory and strength.
Oath of the Gentle: I undertake this vow-- for if I raise a blade against another, may I be pained in kind.
Oath of the Brave: I swear I am no coward- for so long as the battle rages, I will not turn tail and flee.
Oath of the Lover: By this vow I am bound- should you or I be harmed, let us share the pain and halve our burden.
Beneath those oaths are smears of blood, thumbprints and handprints. This might be a really good or really bad place to meet one of Taisho Roman Revolution.
Mechanics
If a member of Taisho who has the Swear on Your Honor ability gets another to sign their name or smear their blood on one of those contracts, the following effects will be granted or inflicted:
Oath of the Loyal: +2 strength for as long as the signee stays in the same area as their contractor, without betraying them.
Oath of the Gentle: Any damage the signee does with a blade damages them too. Damage dealt barehanded, through skill use, or with any non-bladed tools or weapons is unaffected.
Oath of the Brave: Characters that sign this contract cannot attempt to retreat from combat until the other party surrenders, flees, etc.
Oath of the Lover: When either the signee or the contractor takes damage, the damage is halved, with half the damage going to the other contracted party.
Re: THE TEMPLE OF LAW
And this time she can actually read the tapestries. These seem.... very disadvantageous contracts to sign, for the most part. ]
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Rendering someone helpless has nothing to do with gentleness, in her opinion.
With that, she heads towards the center. ]