I don't disagree with any of the above, but take out "wandering about the plains" and replace it with "meeting in the temple chambers" and apply it to another cult and you've described many cults (ok, minus the "4" thing).
> Storm Kahns owe obedience only to Storm Bull but only respect to their
> initiating Priest. I think this bit about Storm Kahns only oweing obedience
> to SB himself is the one that gives the Storm Bull a bad image
> (organisation-wise). Since initiates aspire to be like the top bananas in
> their own cult they perhaps start to be less obedient earlier than they should
Yes, Stormbull cult politics are more unruly than most cults...no doubt about that...
> When my gaming group played in Prax, some of us went for Waha, since
> we got the awakened herd animal familiar. Others chose Storm Bull.
> (The min-maxing solution was probably to be an initiate of both cults)
> The main character of the campaign was a Stormbull, and spent long
> hours in roleplaying sessions concerned with the welfare of his
> tribe and family. We must have missed the section in Cults of Prax
> that said all Stormbull worshippers were socially disruptive morons.
Don't forget "drunken" :)...it's pretty clear that the entire cult of Stormbull was created in order to facilitate scenarios that have bar fights in them...
Which inspires to me to relate a synopsis of a recent game session at my house:
Brian sits in his garage, with a battle mat and a DM screen set up on his folding table...the folding chairs are already set up...Brian hurriedly tries to go over Broo #897 for this afternoon's first encounter and figure out why his damage bonus is 6d6 when it should be 8d6...
Ding-dong. In walks Munchkin #1, who sits on a folding chair, reaches into his packback and pulls out an X-Men comic, and starts reading...
Brian: "Hey, where's everybody else?"
Munchkin #1: "Well, the schoolbus was late...I don't know where they are, my mom picked me up today..."
"Did you bring the Cheesy Poofs?"
"No, I forgot again...sorry..."
"No problem, plenty of Doritos for everyone..."
After another 5-10 minutes Munchkins 2-4 shuffle in, all carrying backpacks weighted down with lead figures...one tosses a 12-sided die at Brian...
Munchkin #2: "Here's the dice I picked up by mistake last time..."
Brian: "Great, now I can roll Pike damage again...by the way, how long did you guys have to lay up after last time?"
"Ummm, I think it was 81 days...23, 24, 25, 26...27 Sever Spirits...yep, 81 days at the temple..."
"Hmmm, almost Sacred Time then..."
Munching of nachos ensues, Munchkins 5-6 trickle in, and everyone starts shuffling their character sheets around.
Brian: "Ready?"
Munchkin #5: "Guess so..."
"Ok, strike rank one..."
"Wait! Freddie's PC is new and he doesn't know anybody!"
"Oh yeah...ok, let's run around the table and each player will introduce themselves..."
Munchkin #1: "Ok, I'm Ssoobohring, Renegade Dragonnewt Full Priest, Stormbull Lord-Priest...this is my T-Rex, Barney...Barney says hi in Auld Artmali (95%)..."
Munchkin #6: "Hi, Barney..."
Munchkin #2: "This is Hakenplundar, he's a Humakt Death Lord/Stormbull Lord-Priest...his Sword's name is Gutspiller...Humakt Priest. This is his Griffin, Madison...Yelm Lord/Priest...and Madison's Eagle familiar, I forgot what his name was but he's a Yelm Priest, too..."
Munchkin #3: "I'm Shareena the Sweltering-Hot-Babe...Stormbull Lord-Priest-Shaman, Chalana Arroy/Issaries/Lhankhor Mhy/Black Fang/ Associate Priest...nice to meet you..."
Munchkin #4: "My PC doesn't have a name and he kills anyone who asks him about it...he belongs to a secret cult. *Stay away from my beltpouch or I'll kill you.* Oh, and he's also a Stormbull Associate Priest."
Munchkin #5: "This is Lord-Baron Stormbolt Darkcloud, he's the party leader. He's Stormbull's son, and of course a Lord-Priest. Here's a picture...(pulls out a copy of Frank Frazetta's 'Death Dealer')...he has 3 Stormbull Ears and his Axe is...hey, where did I put my Magic Item Inventory Binder?..."
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