> According to the description of Ancestor worship cults you must
> have a blood connection to the shaman (and therefore presumably
> common ancestors) to worship become an initiate in an ancestor
> worship cult.
Correct. Worshipping someone *else's* ancestors is rather silly (though we're doing something similar while we retain hereditary peers in the House of Lords, IMO).
> One of the players has a Praxian barbarian character (no blood
> relation). In a recent moot the question as to whether or not he
> could be a worshipper of the clans ancestors came up. Clearly he
> has no blood connection. Can he just be ritually adopted into the
> clan and become someone else's child in a spiritual sense and
> therefore gain the right to call on his "adopted" ancestors?
If you (as GM) think this would be more fun than the alternative, go for it.
> Is this what happens when a non-troll becomes a troll?
Pretty much has to be -- KL is a "big ancestor" more than a goddess.
> Is this sort of adoption sufficient to allow ancestral "magic items"
> to be used?
Your call.
> Is the Flame of Sartar such an item?
Do you think an illegitimate king of Sartar (one of the Argraths, frex) who was acknowledged King in other ways would be able to light it? I suspect more than blood alone is required -- Temertain's legitimacy is not questioned, but he couldn't get it to ignite while serving as a Lunar puppet.
> If he is adopted what position do his other blood ancestors take?
His Praxian relatives will presumably treat him as an outcast, he will be unable to join in Ancestor Worship led by shamans in his blood family, and there will be much ill feeling all around. ("Our family isn't good enough for you!?") All good scenario and cameo fodder.
Cheers, Nick
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