> My character, Karath, has 5 followers and a relationship with each of
> 13. Say that Karath is otherwise ready to become a disciple (actually
> this will _not_ happen for a long long time). How should he build up
> his relationship with his followers.
>
> The obvious way is to spend the 85 HP (more likely to be 170 HP
> because of non-related to adventure doubling) to raise the
> relationship with each to 10W. However it is likely that he would
> have more followers by the time he was ready to become a disciple
> (never mind the probable requirement that he have more followers to
> have a chance of convincing the temple to allow him to make the
> attempt to become a disciple). Therefore the cost would be even more.
>
> Another possibility is that the character create a band of followers
> (either with a summoned wyter or possibly with the character as the
> focus of 'worship'). Then the character would then only have to
> spend 1 HP per follower to have them join the band (which will still
> probably be 20 or more by the time a character reaches this level)
> and 19 HP (or thereabouts) to create his own relationship with the
> band and raise that relationship to 10W.
Note that the wording says "Supporters", not "Followers". While your
followers *do* support you, they are treated as if they have no identity
beyond yours (for this specific case, I don't want to get into a "Followers
are people too" debate, please). "Supporters" then would be a heroband, a
gang of yes-men and taodies, your clan or temple, etc. Personally (though I
didn't write it in) I feel that they *must* have a wyter, which channels
their support to you. So you need a relationship "To Heroband members", "to
Temple", etc. at the appropriate level, and they have to support you (giving
Extraordinary support through their wyter) to you. Then you can approach the
Temple and say "Hey, I'm a studly dude, and I want to be a Disciple of
,insert god here>.
RR