We often conflate the two basic tiers of cult membership when we talk about various cults. Lay member. This is casual worship of a deity. You make offerings, you offer prayers, and…
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Becoming an Initiate
Becoming an initiate of a cult is not a casual thing. Want to offer sacrifices to a god and hope to keep them friendly, but want that to be the extent of…
Dual Cult Membership
Most adults in the main homelands initiate into the deeper mysteries of only one cult, but continue to worship the associated deities and are often lay members of other cults. The cult…
Worshiping Deities
Now being an initiate is not the only way to worship a deity. Initiates of associated deities also can worship the associated deity and sometimes even get a Rune spell for it….
A Few Rules of Thumb
Most to all adults are initiates of a cult, regardless of culture, and around 2% of initiates are Rune levels. Many people are lay members of one or more other cults. These…
Initiates and Lay members
As an aside, remember that in RuneQuest we have initiates and lay members. Initiates are those who have experienced the cult’s magical secrets. They are able to act as conduits for the…