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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8455926" data-attributes="member: 6796468"><p>How about an out and out Cultist culture that is separate from the Dragoncult?</p><p></p><h3>Cultist</h3><p>In the cities and in the sands, hiding in dark forests or cavern systems, live cults to every imaginable creature and concept. Most are benign, irrelevant. A handful of people or families who spend their time performing nonsensical daily rituals while living in their little communities, farmers and gatherers outside of the occasional strange belief.</p><p></p><p>But there are darker, unspeakable, cults in the world. Those which follow dark powers and hide their true nature in public to live among the uninformed. Among potential victims. These cults tend to be violent and criminal and occasionally somewhat magical.</p><p></p><p>Whether you have escaped the cult's oppressive secrecy, are still a member, or are the last survivor after enemies or uncontrolled monsters killed your compatriots, you still learned quite a bit under their tutelage. Lessons most Cultists carry through the rest of their lives.</p><p></p><h4>Secrets kept Safe</h4><p>You gain Expertise on both Deception and Stealth checks made to either appear innocent or hide in a crowd. In addition, you gain advantage on Stealth or Sleight of Hand checks to hide icons, tattoos, or other symbols of faith, as well as tiny objects or tattoos of similar size.</p><p></p><h4>Care must be Taken</h4><p>Your insight into other people's feelings can be uncanny. If you roll an Insight check against a target and get a 17 or higher, total, you can almost peer into their mind, and are able to glean a single prevalent thought they are currently having, as if you had used the spell <em>Detect Thoughts</em>. This insight lasts for 3 rounds. Once you have used this ability you cannot do so, again, until you take a short or long rest.</p><p></p><h4>Trappings of the Cult</h4><p>You learn 1 cantrip of your choice from the Warlock or Druid spell lists. In addition, a dagger in your hands deals 1d6 damage rather than 1d4, though other abilities can raise this value normally.</p><p></p><h4>Languages</h4><p>You speak the dominant language of the area you live in, as well as one Sublanguage and one Esoteric Language of your choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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