Template:Tables/Pledge

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	Lesser (1)	Medial (2)	Greater (3)
Tasks (-)	Alliance: A peace pact - the changelings involved agree not to harm/hinder each other. They are not required to assist each other nor to prevent harm caused by a third party.	Alliance: The oathbound are expected to help each other as necessary, with sanctuary, food, money, or whatever else might be necessary. It is expected that the oathbound be willing to harm a 3rd party when coming to the aid of their ally, but they are not expected to kill or be killed in the service of this level of alliance.	Alliance: The oathbound are expected to aid one another even unto torture and death. No force should prevent the oathbound from coming to the aid of their ally. They are expected to kill in the service of the alliance, and be killed should it be necessary.
	Endeavor: An easy to accomplish task that requires little time or effort, or makes only slight demands of the oathbound.	Endeavor: Either a constant activity that requires a small but regular sacrifice of time on the part of the oathbound, or the performance of a single difficult task which may result in harm.	Endeavor: Either a regular activity of significant attention and effort, or the performance of a tremendously difficult task which may result in death.
	Forbiddance: Forbids an action that is simply avoided.	Forbiddance: Forbids an action that is either more common or something the oathbound are likely to desire. Avoiding the action serves as a regular inconvenience.	Forbiddance: Forbids a very common action that is likely to change the way in which the oathbound lives his or her life.
		Dreaming: Permits the changeling who holds the task to enter the dreams of another, usually with the purpose of safeguarding their dreams.	Fealty*: A pledge involving the an acknowledge lord or lady of a freehold, binding the oath-taker to the laws of the Freehold and to work according to his talents to defend the Freehold. Any pledge with this task always includes the vassalage boon and the banishment sanction. The first time the lord or lady enters into a fealty pledge, they must expend 1 dot of willpower. Taking additional oaths of fealty after that are considered invested into the same pledge, thus the lord/lady does not need to expend an additional willpower dot. The oath-taker expends only a willpower point, not a dot.
		Ensorcellment: Infusing a mortal with Glamour so that the moral may see the world of the fae. This is both a task for the changeling and a boon for the mortal involved in the pledge. Swearing the pledge requires the additional expenditure of 1 point of Glamour on the party of the changeling in addition to any other costs associated with the pledge.
Boon (+)	Adroitness: Gain +1 to all rolls with a single skill, as defined by the pledge, while the pledge is active.	Blessing: Changelings gain a 2 dot new merit or increase the existing merit by 2 dots. Humans who do not already posses the merit may gain that merit worth 3 or 4 dots.	Blessing: Changelings gain a 3 dot new merit or increase the existing merit by 3 dots. Humans who do not already possess the merit may gain that merit up to 5 dots.
	Blessing: Changelings gain a 1 dot merit to those who do not already posses the merit, or 1 additional dot in the merit to those who do. Humans who do not already possess the merit may gain up to 2 dots.	Ensorcellement*: Infusing a mortal with Glamour so that the moral may see the world of the fae. This is both a task for the changeling and a boon for the mortal involved in the pledge. Swearing the pledge requires the additional expenditure of 1 point of Glamour on the party of the changeling in addition to any other costs associated with the pledge.	Favor: Instead of gaining some immediate bonus, the oathbound is owed a task of equal value to the favor boon at a later time.
	Favor: Instead of gaining some immediate bonus, the oathbound is owed a task of equal value to the favor boon at a later time.	Favor: Instead of gaining some immediate bonus, the oathbound is owed a task of equal value to the favor boon at a later time.	Vassalage: Changelings with the Vassalage boon are considered members of a Freehold, with all associated benefits, and gain a certain Freehold specific blessing while they are within it's borders. Note that the Sacramento Freehold's blessing is a bonus to Clarity degeneration rolls.
		Glamour: The exchange of Glamour between oathbound changelings. No more Glamour than the lowest of the involve changelings' Wyrd rating can be transferred at any one time. The transfers may happen at intervals, one point of Glamour at a time. The transfer may not happen more than once per week, and may not involve more Glamour than the highest of the involved changeling's Wyrd rating over the course of the entire pledge.
Sanction (-)	Curse	Curse	Banishment
	Pishogue	Flaw	Curse
	Poisoning of Boon	Pishogue	Death*
		Poisoning of Boon	Pishogue
			Poisoning of Boon
			Vulnerability
Duration (+)	Day	Moon	Year and a Day
	Week	Season	Decade
			Lifelong*
			Generational*
* These pledge components always add to the base cost of invoking the pledge.
Tip: Match the task/duration and sanction/boon costs for easy addition.

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