Syntax: pledge <cabal outer guardian>
pledge none
reject <player>

Pledging to a cabal makes your intentions clear that you wish to join a
specific groups cause. You must be at least level 15 to make a pledge to a
Cabal. The Cabal Leaders will hear when you arrive and when you leave the
Realm, and you will hear when the Cabals outer guardian comes under attack.
You are only allowed to pledge to a single cabal, so make your choice wisely.
You cannot pledge to the Battle cabal and must speak with Tahren to become a
Village Applicant. You cannot pledge to the Empire cabal and must speak with
the Imperial Recruiter or a member to take the Blood Oath.

If you wish to renounce a pledge you've made you can 'pledge none'. You will
however not be allowed to make another pledge. This will not bar you from
joining another cabal, but will force you to speak to the Leaders about your
past and why you changed your mind about your path in life.

Cabal Leaders will be able to do 'who applicant' and see who is currently
online and has pledged to their Cabal. If a Cabal Leader deems an applicant
unfit, they are able to 'reject <player>'. This is the equivalent to the
applicant doing 'pledge none'.

The Cabalwars command will show the number of true members of the Cabal, along
with the number of applicants to the Cabal.

See also: CABALS CABALWARS

Fantastic idea!

Is there a different syntax for the Fort? Or are all potential Acolytes and Maran considered the same?

>Fantastic idea!
>
>Is there a different syntax for the Fort? Or are all
>potential Acolytes and Maran considered the same?

Considered the same

This is one of those changes that I never actually considered as a possibility, but it's a HUGE improvement over the current system.

Whoever's idea it was, well done.

I agree with Isildur, it not only makes it easier for the applicant, it really helps out the Leader. I know I've had a hard time scrolling through 70 names on who list, trying to pick names out from a list of apps.

One request though, is there any way we could have Cabal MEMBERS do a "who applicant"? I can't see a downside, and it seems like it might help out when Leaders aren't around, so members can still give rec's, or ask for help in raiding/retrieving and just generally offer/ask for help.

>This is one of those changes that I never actually considered
>as a possibility, but it's a HUGE improvement over the current
>system.

Yup!

>Whoever's idea it was, well done.

Marcatis brought it up during our Immortal Staff meeting, and I helped flesh it out and code it up.

>I agree with Isildur, it not only makes it easier for the
>applicant, it really helps out the Leader. I know I've had a
>hard time scrolling through 70 names on who list, trying to
>pick names out from a list of apps.

I think this will definitely take a bit of the burden off of Leaders (though the additional messages on logon/logout may be a bit of a burden...deal with it :)

>One request though, is there any way we could have Cabal
>MEMBERS do a "who applicant"? I can't see a downside, and it
>seems like it might help out when Leaders aren't around, so
>members can still give rec's, or ask for help in
>raiding/retrieving and just generally offer/ask for help.

Hadn't really thought of that, I'll kick it around with the others and see what happens.

Awesome.

As a leader, I hated scanning through reams of notes to see who the "pending" applicants were then "whereing" for each one individually.

Do you envision this replacing the "send a note to the cabal announcing you want to join" thing?

>Awesome.
>
>As a leader, I hated scanning through reams of notes to see
>who the "pending" applicants were then "whereing" for each one
>individually.
>
>Do you envision this replacing the "send a note to the cabal
>announcing you want to join" thing?

I personally don't see it replacing it, but complimenting it (as in, my mortals will likely still be sending notes to the cabal, but who knows what the leaders will do with that note).