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…
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…
Notes on Lay Members
Most adult Gloranthans are an initiate of a cult, and a lay member of one or two others. So in Sartar, a typical woman would be an initiate of Ernalda (worshiping Orlanth…
Lay Members
Being a lay member of a secondary cult is a useful way to gain training and spirit magic, without binding yourself deeply to the god and its cult. So for example, IMG,…
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…
Lay Membership
It is worth remembering how common lay membership is. In my adventuring party, one character – an initiate of Orlanth Thunderous and the Sun Dragon – is also lay member of Storm…