Oath Carrier
Anyone can become an Oath Carrier whether you're carrying an Oath under a spirit to a god. You cannot be cheating on multiple gods unless allowed by said gods in which you have one creature to follow your path under and follow the rules.
Your Patron maybe fickle or they maybe loose with the rules. However for certain breaking the rules are ill advised. There is no benefit to breaking the rules unless you're a Paladin, only downsides and having to spend a lot of grail, time and go on a mission to gain favor back.
Being a Oath Carrier means you're under a spiritual contract.
Examples of oaths; "I cannot harm women and children" or "I cannot eat meat"
What being an Oath Carrier entitles you to is power.
A god of war will give you a +1 weapon mastery, at the cost of not allowed to be a coward.
A goddess of lust will let you have a +1 advantage on persuasion at the cost of not being allowed to say no to sex.
So do understand the cost and the price you're willing to pay; no Patron will let you make the cost anything, your Patron is the one setting the cost.
That being said; breaking the Patron's rules gets you the inverse benefit. So instead of having weapon mastery, breaking an oath would cause the god of war to make you lose a weapon mastery as an example.
Mind you these aren't the actual, "gods" you're taking part in contract with, they're just powerful spirits that are above what normal mortals could achieve. They ascend near or close to divinity. However not all of them are that close, only the ones with bigger benefits and a bigger cost to being their followers have that.
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