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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 25432" data-attributes="member: 259">Awhile ago, on realizing who was behind the nefarious goings-on in the city, one of my players commented, "Yay.  More cultists."So I'm gonna move away from cultists for a bit.  Even though cultists scare me something awful.Lately I'm fascinated by people doing terrible things in pursuit of lofty goals -- maybe it's just current events seeping into my brain.My cultists have had two major goals so far (at least, that the PCs know about):  restoring the Old Order of Society, and achieving enlightenment.In pursuit of restoring the old, moral order of society, one cult ran an incredibly debauched nightclub (cihld prostitution drugs, and worse), murdered sailors and fed their flesh to other sailors in order to manufacture ghouls, slaughtered orcs and sold their privates as aphrodisiacs, and the like.In pursuit of enlightenment, another cult captured some schmoe, locked him in a closet, drugged and tortured him for a month until he was insane, killed him, rendered his fat, and made candles that they could use to summon a demon of knowledge.I don't know what archetypes this would follow, although the cannibal theme is obviously pretty strong (even the candlemaking and aphrodisiacmaking seem pretty cannibalistic, on a symbolic level).  Although some archetypes may be there, they're not as important to me as is character motivation.Of course, on another level, I do work with mythical images:  I'm running a published adventure, and I substituted monkey demons for various monsters that appear in the module, downloading pictures of Indian Monkey Demon statuary as visual aids for the players.  But I don't think that's what you're asking.Not that it matters, but Camille Paglia really makes me itch.Daniel</blockquote>

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