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▲* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'': Lord Soon of the Sapphire Guard swore an oath of non-interference regarding the [[Cosmic Horror|Snarl]]'s Gates, other than his own. This was a good idea at the time, to prevent infighting from spoiling old friendships. However, ''all'' the paladins of the Guard still consider themselves bound by this oath, even though those to whom it was sworn are (probably) all dead, and seizing the Gates before the [[Big Bad]] does is the key to saving the multiverse. Nevertheless, the oath takes precedence over the paladins' drive to oppose evil wherever it be found. This forces {{spoiler|Lord Shojo to get creative, and hire the title party to investigate the Gates instead. Ironically, at least one other Scribble member thought Soon would break his oath, and booby trapped the location he gave for his Gate in an act of spite. Double irony: he was the only one that didn't break it.}}

▲** On the other hand, {{spoiler|this led to O-Chul being able to completely avoid compromising ANYTHING about the other gates.}} This is lampshaded by Redcloak, who remarks with frustration that it is absurd for generations of paladins to wilfully sabotage their own ability to perform their duties, all for a silly promise. A (literal) lampshade is then promptly hung around the lampshade itself.

▲** No longer true. A leader of the paladins eventually offers to help the Order of the Stick in their quest, if only by covering one of the remaining gates when the main characters go to find the other. He explains that {{spoiler|with their Gate destroyed, the oaths that bound them are dissolved}}.

▲** Durkon declares he and Hilgya must part because they must do their duty [https://web.archive.org/web/20180726175128/http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0084.html] -- followed by [[Manly Tears]].

▲* ''[[Flipside]]'' has one ongoing example and one example that crosses over with [[Refusal of the Call]].

▲** [[Knight Templar|The Knights of La-Shoar]] have a strict policy on anything that goes against "Natural Law", policies that have become defacto law in their territory - at the top of that list is magic. ''Any'' magic, from healing magic to offensive spells to charmed items. Not only does this put their kingdom at a disadvantage (Every other major power makes open use of magic), but they know it. But refuse to change their ways at all.

▲** [[Lady of War]] Bernadette jumped through every ridiculous hoop The Knights put up to test her "suitability" to be one of their numbers. They had to be sure she wasn't "cheating" or just getting lucky when challenging other knights. (As if her taking down an [[Artifact of Doom]]-wielding psycho who'd carved through their ranks wasn't proof enough.). This has been Bernadette's life dream. And just when the elder Knights formally ask Bernadette to join them... she turns them down. She chose to come out of the closet as Maytag's lover, rather than be forced to deny her as a knight. (Homosexuals ''also'' being against "Natural Law") Note that Bernadette and Maytag were very much on the down low before Bernadette's moment and Maytag would've been perfectly happy to keep it that way.