Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 5994928" data-attributes="member: 2093">I should think that the "Pope" would try to find out things about the individuals he's dealing with, their psychological weaknesses, etc... and their own internal loyalties. Imagine that this specific temple has a high priest and a next-in-line priest. The HP has been in power forever. He's OLD, but in very good health and very mentally alert. He's got more than half of the underpriests in his basket. He's FIRMLY against "The Pope". Why? He's got his bread and butter. He gains nothing by joining the new order. But the underpriest, who has been waiting in the wings for 20 years to have a chance to be the REAL leader, is tired, fed up, and feels undervalued. He has some changes he would like to make, that he truly believes will benefit many in the church, and he has a goodly number of followers. But he, too, is not in favor of "The Pope", as things stand. But the clever and resourceful "Pope" can exploit the jealousy he finds, turning the underpriest to his side, if he strikes the right note; "Join me- we can make the changes you want, together! And in the end, how much control do you lose? You become high priest, we pension the old guy off, claim he's going senile, and you run the church. I'll be many many miles from here; you will be the one in REAL power, here!"</blockquote>