Effect: With this Oath, a vassal swears to perform a service to his liege. The service must be a difficult task with definite criteria for accomplishment or failure. At the time of the swearing, both parties agree upon one of the liege’s Disciplines. The vassal gains access to that Discipline. The liege’s Blood Potency increases by one. This Oath stands as a rare exception to bloodline Disciplines: a vassal may temporarily access a liege’s bloodline gift.
If the vassal accomplishes the task, the Oath ends and the liege suffers aggravated damage equal to the Discipline dots granted. If the vassal fails the task or a month passes, he suffers the damage instead. While not uncommon, some domains consider a liege’s interference in the task to be bad form. The liege does not lose access to the Disicpline.
Drawback: A character may be part of only one Oath of Action at a time, as vassal or liege.