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Special Notes: Any additional duties required of lay
members. Unless otherwise stated, they will be expected
to attend celebrations on special Holy Days but unless
they are aiming to rise in the ranks of the cult, they will
not be expected to attend regular ceremonies.
Communal worshippers will automatically be able to find
tutors for any and all skills the cult teaches and any cultspecific
rune spells. They must still pay the normal rates
for these services. If a character is an initiate of a cult,
he will usually be considered a lay member of all other
cults in his pantheon without being required to make any
donation.
Initiate Membership
This is the start of the true membership of the cult. As
such, it requires the initiate donate considerable time and
money to the cult to maintain membership. In return,
they receive access to Divine Magic and reduced costs
for training and the cult’s rune spells. It is possible to be
initiated into many cults as long as all requirements are
met and the cults are not mutually hostile.
Requirements: ‘Standard’ membership means the typical
requirements for membership listed in the RuneQuest
rulebook (see page 80). Typically, candidates will be
tested to determine their knowledge of the cult, their
sincerity for joining and even their current reputation. The
character must succeed in five skill tests of cult skills. In
addition, he must also make a gift of at least 50 silvers.
Special Notes: Any special duties or benefits pertaining
to initiates are listed here. Unless otherwise noted, an
initiate must donate 10% of his time and income to the
cult. Initiates are expected to attend services at their place
of worship at least one day every two weeks. They must
also attend all ceremonies during Holy Days. Initiates
may know sorcery or spirit magic and be members of
Orders or Practices.
Cult Skills: These skills are important to the cult and the
cult provides training at half price. In the case of Weapon
skills and Lore skills, the preferred versions are noted.
Cult Spells: The initiate will have automatic access to
tutors who can teach the listed rune and divine spells
(those only taught by their cult) up to a Magnitude of 2.
They pay half the normal price when being taught these
spells. Cult spells of associated cults are also available
to initiates if they visit a temple of an associated god.
Acolytes can learn these spells up to Magnitude 4.
Runepriests and Runelords may learn these spells up to
any Magnitude.
Common Divine Magic: Some Gloranthan cults do not
have access to the entire range of common divine spells
(as found in RuneQuest Companion). In such cases, the
common divine spells available to worshippers at any
temple (but not shrines) are listed.
Special Divine Magic: Any special cult divine spells
available to initiates. New spells are described in the
Divine Spells chapter, many of which are not generally
available to other cults.
Acolyte Membership
Few members of the cult become acolytes, as the rank
requires considerable dedication and service. Acolytes
learn the cult’s inner secrets and serve as assistants to
the Runepriests and Runelords and often lead ceremonies
when these more senior members are unavailable.
Acolytes can be lay members and even initiates of other
cults in their pantheon but cannot be acolytes of more
than one cult.
Requirements: ‘Standard’ membership means the typical
requirements for membership listed in the RuneQuest
rulebook (see page 80). Usually this means the candidate
must have been an initiate of the cult for at least two years
and must have at least four of the cult skills raised to at
least 50%. A candidate must not practice sorcery, spirit
magic or worship an enemy cult. A gift must be made to
the cult of at least 1,000 silvers.
Some cults may not have acolytes.
Special Notes: Any special duties or benefits pertaining
to acolytes are listed here. Unless otherwise noted, an
acolyte must donate 25% of his time and income to the
cult and attend services at their place of worship once
a week. They must also attend all ceremonies during
the Holy Days. Acolytes also have access to divine
intervention (see RuneQuest rulebook, page 83). Acolytes
may not have any spirit magic or sorcery – such magic is
lost when becoming an acolyte otherwise stated by the
cult.
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Divine Cults