The rules issue here is that, as far as I can see, for this 'Redayla is a women warrior cult' thing, Jeff is pretty much ignoring the actual Redayla writeup (with its emphasis on animal husbandry err... animal wifery) and focussing on the one paragraph mention of Redayla as a subcult of Elmal for women who want to get Elmal magic.
So we get the chutzpah here that Jeff is saying (in rules terms) that people are wrong to focus on Vinga as a subcult of Orlanth, and should instead be focusing on a subcult that performs pretty much the same thing with gender roles, only via a really obscure sub-cult of a less important god. Whatever. The mystery is mostly why he expects us to believe this crap.
(not that I have a big problem with Redayla as written. Culturally notable, economically significant, and all that. Its just this 'oh, its a much better choice of female warrior cult than Vinga' line that is hard to swallow)
Cheers Dave
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