RE: Re: Devotee vs. initiate

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:29:51 +0100

> At 07:43 AM 10/08/04, Jane wrote:
> >The other theory is that you don't want a monomanical religious nut
> >(any
> >Devotee!) as a leader. They might give their deity priority over the
> >people they're supposed to be leading.
>
> Paul May
> I don't know - devotee of Dar, Orlanth Rex or Vingkot High
> King wouldn't
> be a real trial that way... ;)

This has always puzzled me, yes. No time to spare from their religion to be a leader? Really?
Yet (looking at sample high-end NPCs) the Kheldon *choose* to have a Queen who has *one* of those lines (1/10 of her time) dedicated to ruling them. So what would be the problem with a Devotee of one of the rulership cults as a ruler? In fact, given that Devotees of such exist at all, what *else* would they be doing?