Oaths have a special meaning and hold power within universal forces. When someone takes an oath, some of these forces start to watch the oathbound. These forces can be fiends trying to make the oathbound deviate from the righteous path, or angels that wish to help, reward, or punish them according to their actions.
You made an oath, whether you know the facts above or not; either to yourself, to another person, or to a celestial. Now, the oath is one of the most important things in your life and you are bound to it.
Until you fulfill your oath, you have a +2 bonus on ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws that are directly related to your oath. Whether the roll is directly related or not is determined by the GM.
If you break your oath, you take a -2 penalty to all ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until you atone for your mistake or are targeted by a wish spell. To atone, you must either spend 40 days in seclusion without talking and with no one to talk to, thinking about your sins and wrongdoings, or you must be blessed by the bless spell cast by a good-aligned spellcaster of 17th level or higher.
When you fulfill your oath, you are no longer oathbound. You do, however, receive the blessing of the divine; granting you a +2 bonus to all ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws. GMs may choose to give this feat to a character when it takes a serious oath, even if the character shouldn’t be able to gain a new feat under normal circumstances. Keep in mind, you can only receive blessing from the divine once in this way. So, for instance, you do not gain the bonuses again if you take a second oath and then fulfill it.
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