> Can a cult secret be enchanted into an item?
Errggh, okay, a severe test of my new policy...
*Note* This is not official policy, it's me shooting from the hip.
Yes, but... If you put it in an item, it is no longer *in* you. It's like going through a Quest Challenge - the item now has the full secret and you don't. However, you can't then go get another secret, or get the same secret again - you had your chance at having a secret, and you don't get a second one (just like in the rules, once you get one secret, you can't get another).
> If so, must you know the secret (or be eligable to do so, even if you
> haven't actually got it yet) to use said item?
No, the item "has" the secret. Anyone can pick it up and use it. Including your enemies.
> How heretical would it be to give such an item to an outsider ( a
> good friend from a friendly/allied cult)?
You probably will thoroughly piss off your god. ("I gave you the secret of Death and you GAVE IT AWAY?!?!?") This is big-time cast out of the cult and then kill you transgression. Even loaning an item would be viewed as a major Bad Deed. Who cares that the item was given to your soul-brother? Who knows how even a brother will misuse a secret? And it's all *YOUR* fault if something goes wrong. *YOU* had better go fix it. (This attitude would certainly be prevalent among the Heortlings, who are big on personal responsibility. Other cultures might have other views).
RR
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