Religious Theme Name

What Title do you prefer for a Religous "any class" Theme?


Apostle or Disciple are pretty good, Devotee of ______, filling on the blank with a divine being or faith name would as well, as would Child/Brother/Sister of ______ used the same way.

Also consider:

True Believer
Acolyte
Initiate
Aspirant
 

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[MENTION=19675]Dannyalcatraz[/MENTION] Acolyte was my very first thought...but I was kinda stuck on the association that that's (or was) a 1st lvl cleric...and that's not what I want.

Aspirant seems to imply the person is looking to enter into the order/religious structure...which I don't really want to imply...and initiate states outright that the person is already part of said order/religion.

True Believer is interesting and gets my Stan Lee all tingly. lol. Nothing wrong with a little clever word association to appeal to the potential RPGer's inner (or outer, as in my own case) comic geek.
 

At least to me, many of the names suggested suggest someone who is much more unique and favored in a church than a regular cleric is. While the word "cleric" has mutated in fantasy to mean more and less specific things, the word itself just means a member of the clergy, not necessarily of any particular import aside from that. I think that it's important that the name for the "dabbler" path doesn't suggest that the dabbler is more pious, more favored by the deity, more unique, or more advanced in the church than the word "cleric" suggests.

I personally like Acolyte; it has the right connotation of Neophyte-iness and connection to religion. I know it's what first-level clerics were once called, but I think it's the best fit.

Otherwise, the terms "lay" and "laity", as in "lay minister", refer to people who are part of a church and who serve in the church but who aren't ordained. That might be similar to what the theme is going for; it's people who aren't full clerics, but perform some clerical duties. They're primarily something else for their day job, but do serve in the church. "Layperson" has too many other connotations (specifically, "guy who, in general, is not an expert at whatever we're talking about"), but the theme could be called "Lay Minister" or "Lay Priest".
 




"Lay" reminds me of rune quest.

They had several cult ranks, in ascending order

Lay Member
Initiate
Acolyte
Priest

Initiate and Acolyte might work for what you have in mind.
 

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