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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8565059" data-attributes="member: 58172">A Fey can create new realities moving foreward, but one cannot undo what was said in the past. A fate that was spoken in the past is already a fact of reality. But a Fey can create new realities that remedy it, subvert it, or even turn the previous wording on its head to achieve the opposite result. The Fey cant change the past but can alter the future.The concept that words cause reality exists in many different cultures.In Norse tradition, the Nornir are roughly equivalent to the fates. There is a story where the Nornir gathered at the birth of a hero of a saga. One Nornir said, The infant will die by the time that candle burns out. Originally the oracle means, the child will die within the next two hours. But an other Nornir stepped in to save the child, and spoke a second oracle. She snuffed out the flame of the candle, and said, This one will continue to live for as long as this candle exists. The hero grew up and kept the candle safe, living for (IIRC) centuries. When he achieved everything he sought to achieve, he lit the candle himself, in order to move on into the afterlife.These &quot;oracles&quot; or &quot;fates&quot; or &quot;oaths&quot; are the essence of reality itself. The manipulation of it is magic itself.Old school DMs who are familiar with the earlier Wish spell are familiar with how to adjudicate the wording of a Wish. A DM can interpret the Wish generously or punishingly, but either way it is the wording itself that matters. The same judicial skills apply to any Fey when speaking, and especially when speaking solemnly.In sum, the oaths of a Fey cannot undo the past, but can reinvent the future.Regarding alignment. The Norse Nornir feel True Neutral. They assign fates for individuals and groups alike, whatever is expedient toward the inscrutible plans for the future.But. When D&amp;D assigns this magic of oaths to Chaotic Good, it means these ones weild this magic individualistically and ultimately for a Good cause. The Chaotic Good Fey are about the reality of an individuals fate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8565059, member: 58172"] A Fey can create new realities moving foreward, but one cannot undo what was said in the past. A fate that was spoken in the past is already a fact of reality. But a Fey can create new realities that remedy it, subvert it, or even turn the previous wording on its head to achieve the opposite result. The Fey cant change the past but can alter the future. The concept that words cause reality exists in many different cultures. In Norse tradition, the Nornir are roughly equivalent to the fates. There is a story where the Nornir gathered at the birth of a hero of a saga. One Nornir said, The infant will die by the time that candle burns out. Originally the oracle means, the child will die within the next two hours. But an other Nornir stepped in to save the child, and spoke a second oracle. She snuffed out the flame of the candle, and said, This one will continue to live for as long as this candle exists. The hero grew up and kept the candle safe, living for (IIRC) centuries. When he achieved everything he sought to achieve, he lit the candle himself, in order to move on into the afterlife. These "oracles" or "fates" or "oaths" are the essence of reality itself. The manipulation of it is magic itself. Old school DMs who are familiar with the earlier Wish spell are familiar with how to adjudicate the wording of a Wish. A DM can interpret the Wish generously or punishingly, but either way it is the wording itself that matters. The same judicial skills apply to any Fey when speaking, and especially when speaking solemnly. In sum, the oaths of a Fey cannot undo the past, but can reinvent the future. Regarding alignment. The Norse Nornir feel True Neutral. They assign fates for individuals and groups alike, whatever is expedient toward the inscrutible plans for the future. But. When D&D assigns this magic of oaths to Chaotic Good, it means these ones weild this magic individualistically and ultimately for a Good cause. The Chaotic Good Fey are about the reality of an individuals fate. [/QUOTE]

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