How many "worshippers" were there, all plugging in with "Absolute Full Mindless Cooperation" on the community support table?
> The cultists did register as Chaotic, but possibly that's a result of
their
> actions,not vice versa? ISTR someone once saying that enough of acting
like
> a broo turns you into a broo, so maybe. (Deliberately not going into
details
> on the "family" list!)
Figure that if a being is spending 10% of their time thinking about, planning, or doing a specific act (like Rape or Cannibalism) then they are basically worshipping the appropriate god-thing even if they aren't attending services on the Holy Day. And if you worship, you might just get benefits, whether you are ready or not...
I wouldn't put the chance of becoming a broo spontaneously at very high for a 10%er, but a 60%er human serial rapist "subconscious devotee" of Thed...
> > Just because a magico-religious framework exists aound an
> > item, it doesn't
> > mean that the substance of the item is Otherworldly...
>
> What, not even in Glorantha? I know it's the norm over here, but there, is
> it even possible?
Yep. The example above of a mortal setting up a "magical pyramid scheme" to benefit himself is just such a case (the head of the "cult" being a ThisWorldly, not OtherWorldly, being). HQ 105 has the boxed text on Charlatans and False Belief.
RR
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fait ce qu'il a fait.
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