{"name":"Cultist","overview":"Willingly, or through the manipulation or coercion of\r\nsomeone else, you became a cultist. You are a member of\r\nan organization that is secret or open in its deeds. You and\r\nyour brethren believe in a common cause, such as spreading\r\nthe influence of your deity. Because you are a member of\r\na dark cult rather than a group of common clergies, either\r\nyour deity is evil and you live in a generally neutral-aligned\r\nor good-aligned civilization, or you have a good-aligned or\r\nneutral-aligned deity who is not accepted among society.\r\nIn any case, you and other members of your cult maintain\r\nmethods wrapped in secrecy and intrigue. You may know all\r\nthe members, become aware of each other\u2019s identity through\r\nunique signs and symbols, or you may be in a particular cell\r\nof the cult where the members do not know one another; only\r\nthose they serve.\r\n\r\n[h2]Cult Agenda[\/h2]\r\nEvery cult has an agenda its community shares and follows,\r\nand some also have a secret agenda that most of its members\r\nare unaware of. Choose an agenda or secret agenda for the cult\r\nyou\u2019re in, or roll on the table below.\r\n\r\n[table][tr][td]d6[\/td]\r\n[td]Cult Agenda[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]1[\/td]\r\n[td]Spread the faith of a deity or master[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]2[\/td]\r\n[td]Summon an ancient master, or a manifestation of a deity[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]3[\/td]\r\n[td]Recruit more members to create devoted worshippers[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]4[\/td]\r\n[td]Gain political power and influence[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]5[\/td]\r\n[td]Harm or destroy the community of a deity or master that is\u00a0an enemy of ours[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]6[\/td]\r\n[td]Conduct a powerful ritual[\/td]\r\n[\/tr][\/table]","skillproficiences":"Choose two from: Arcana, Insight, Performance, and Religion","toolproficiences":"","lifestyle":"","languages":"One of your choice","equipment":"A sacred symbol (gifted to you when you\r\nare accepted to your cult), a prayer book or a similar tome\r\ncontaining the commandments of your deity, incense or\r\nsimilar objects of religious importance, vestments, a set of\r\ncommon clothes, and a belt pouch containing 15 gp","features":"[h3]Community\u2019s Favor[\/h3]\r\nYou may have members of the cult who are secretly placed\r\namong the many ranks of society. Taking care of your\r\ncommunity through these members as a means of survival and\r\nprivilege has always been taught to you.\r\nAccording to the identity of a fellow cult member in your\r\ncommunity, you can ask them for a favor to gain one of the\r\nfollowing benefits:\r\n[ul][li][b]Jailor[\/b]. You and maybe your friends can be freed from prison without a trial.[\/li][li][b]Merchant[\/b]. You can permanently have a large discount in a store.[\/li][li][b]Noble[\/b]. You and your friends can be invited to an event reserved for nobility that you would normally not be allowed to attend.[\/li][li][b]Detective[\/b]. Traces of the deeds you committed can be removed, investigations about you may be dropped as long as the detective lives.[\/li][li][b]Mystic[\/b]. You can access or obtain a spell, magic item, or a rare spell component.[\/li][li][b]Librarian[\/b]. You can gain access to forbidden tomes and books.[\/li] [\/ul] \r\nThe benefits granted by this feature are not limited to\r\nthe ones mentioned above. You can work with your GM to\r\ndetermine other benefits appropriate to other positions\r\nwithin the community. You can also ask for several of these\r\nbenefits if there are many members of your cult in town that\r\nare spread into different positions in society. Still, you should\r\nask for favors sparingly as your cult can decide that you are a\r\nliability if you abuse the help you get from your community","suggestedcharacteristics":"Cultists are people who share strong bonds with their fellow\r\ncultists, sometimes at the expense of their relationships with\r\nthe outside. Their perceptions of reality are also different\r\nfrom others because of how they live or what they do among\r\ntheir cult. Unlike clergies, they may blindly be committed\r\nto a cause as they are manipulated into submission by their\r\nsuperiors. They may seem undogmatic, or even enlightened,\r\nas a result of experiences that are far from ordinary and their\r\nvarious journeys into the mysterious.","traits":"d8|Personality Trait\r\n1|I went past the boundaries and norms of society to experience an awakening.\r\n2|I always try to manipulate others into believing in my faith or to at least use them to fit my cause.\r\n3|I am intolerant of other faiths and of clergies.\r\n4|When I devote a deed to my deity or master, nothing can keep me from achieving my goal.\r\n5|I do not know how to be anyone other than a member of my cult.\r\n6|I take harsh actions and have harsh, decisive notions and opinions that oppose society.\r\n7|I do not question much and obey my superiors completely; I act as the hand of my deity or master.\r\n8|Others say I\u2019m an eccentric, I say I\u2019m enlightened because of the things I witnessed in my cult.","ideal":"d6|Ideal\r\n1|Redemption. I will save the people from the grasp of the oppressor faith (Good)\r\n2|Retribution. I will exact revenge on the false religion and save the people (Neutral)\r\n3|Domination. My cult and deity will come out victorious and bring everyone into submission (Evil)\r\n4|Esoterism. I maintain a scholarly attitude in the cult to gain the knowledge that my faith offers (Any)\r\n5|Necessity. I fulfill my cult\u2019s deeds and make no exceptions; not about the cost nor the morality (Evil)\r\n6|Fanaticism. My faith knows no boundaries (Chaotic)","bond":"d6|Bond\r\n1|Everything I do is for my cult or deity.\r\n2|I haven\u2019t known any other life than being a member of my cult.\r\n3|I owe my life to my fellow members, faith, or master.\r\n4|I seek to fulfill my cult\u2019s agenda no matter what.\r\n5|I will have my revenge on the opposing clergy for the wrongful deeds they have committed.\r\n6|I have been uncovered and branded a heretic by the opposing faith.","flaw":"d6|Flaw\r\n1|Even if I commit a small sin against the teachings of my deity, I must hurt myself to have atonement.\r\n2|I have little patience for anyone else\u2019s beliefs in another deity.\r\n3|I can act in an excessively reckless manner for my cause and conviction.\r\n4|I do not trust anyone but my fellow members.\r\n5|I follow my fellow members blindly.\r\n6|Being the member of a cult made me obsessed or deranged.","tabledata":"","tags":"Background","isShared":"on","templateId":"24","blockId":"1442672","world":"ce321e87-8541-44a1-9d42-cfcd0ba589c3","folder":"21546"}