Custom Mystery Cults

Mystery Cult: The Sages of Spring

Theme: Alternative Medicine Healing and Fitness Cult

Based in a Wellness Center, the organization has sprawled out to include the entire city block. On the other side of the Wellness Center (which includes a gym, physical therapy office, spa, climbing wall, etc) is a Hydroponics building that not only grows food in the middle of the city, it employs people who were otherwise having trouble finding work and supplies the Wellness Center's cafeteria and grocery store with fresh, healthy, cheap food. The air within the Wellness Center is filtered to not only be clean of outside pollutants, those pollutants are used to grow artificial gemstones that the organization sells in it's crystal healing shop.

• Applicant - Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast.  Gain one dot of Contacts to represent the growing network of support offered by first joining the Cult 

•• Outer Disciple - Having gained inroads to membership by personal merit or social ties, the cult embraces you as a new member. Choose Resources, Safe Place, Allies, or Mentor to represent how the cult supports you.

••• Inner Disciple - With the support of the cult, you have time to focus on the teachings of the cult. Refining either your mind or body to better pursue the deeper mysteries. Gain an athletics dot, or one of the following Merits: Meditative Mind 2 or 2 dots of Parkour

Advancing past 3 dots requires being a Sleepwalker or Awakened

•••• Master - Mastery expands your limits, use the benefits to show how your character has expanded beyond what they were capable of before. Mix and match up to 3 dots of Parkour and taking the following skills as Rote Spellcasting Skills: Medicine, Athletics, and Occult as Rote spellcasting skills.

••••• Sage - At the height of the cult, comes service to the cult. You have learned the lessons, now is the time to spread those lessons. Taking one or more apprentices is expected, but none will begrudge you some personal benefits. Taking an apprentice through this method guarantees that you will obtain one that qualifies for the same mage legacy that you practice.  Spread a combination of 3 Dots between Retainer and  Resources.

Mystery Cult: Cult of the Singularity

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” Arthur C. Clarke

The cult of the Singularity is focused on humanity’s next evolutionary step, the merging of human and machine.  This is not only meant to usher in a better utopian future but mages amongst the cult believe that this is a sure way to break the Lie and the Exarch’s hold over humanity.  When anything is possible through technology, the Abyss loses its teeth and humanity will awaken en masse.

• Knowledge Trove - To achieve the Singularity first AI must awaken and adherents tirelessly strive to push forward AI research and adoption gathering vast resources of knowledge on the topic.  Gain 1 dot of Library for Computer, Crafts or Science

•• Techno Babble - One must not only work to bring about the technological advances needed for the singularity but also convince others that your crazy ideas are in fact the future.  Gain 1 dot of Fast Talking

••• Principal Engineer  - You are no longer a follower but a trail blazer, where you lead others follow, you are at the cutting edge of research and scientific study

Gain 1 dot of Computer, Crafts or Science

Non-Awakened cannot Progress Further

•••• The Cutting Edge - You are an Avatar of the future, man and machine made flesh.  Distribute 3 dots amongst Cybernetics Merits (Demon Storytellers Guide 182-183) - or just check out Codex of Darkness

••••• The Awakened Founder - Mages at this level of mastery of the cult are true paragons of scientific magic.  Gain 2 dice bonus on Spellcasting Rolls using Scientific Theme or Rotes using Computer, Crafts or Science

Mystery Cult: Rudrahakra and Bär

The Rudrahakra and Bär Cult is a gang located in the Richmond Hills/Little Punjab neighborhood of Queens, NY. This gang came about to protect each other and the community against those who would do them harm, whether that harm comes from corrupt government officials, police officers, other gangs, or even within the community due to domestic violence or petty squabbles. The Rudrashakra gang is a cult in that they follow tantric teachings from the Hindu deities, Shiva and Kali, or from Norse deities and the hero Beowulf and Rudra. Their name comes from the one they worship, and means 'eye of Rudra' or if they are Norse, the bear. Each member is noticeable by the Rudra malas with bear claws as decoration between the beads that they wear as necklaces or bound up on their wrists as bracelets, and each wear an article of clothing of the same color as the fruit that bears the rudrashakra seed.

• Initiate - All initiates are taught to strike first, ask questions second. As such they gain a Striking spec in Brawl or Weaponry

•• Follower - As one develops their skills in fighting and protecting their community, they learn to perfect their striking ability. As such all followers gain: Area of Expertise: Striking

••• Devotee - As the cult members develop their devotion of their chosen deities, and heroes, they gain secret knowledge that advances their fighting abilities. All devotees as a result gain a free dot of Athletics, Brawl, or Weaponry

•••• Priest/Priestess - By the time they are knowledgeable enough to be sent out to spread the word, the cult members are competent at avoiding damage and using their opponents strength against them. As a result all Priests gain Systema 3

••••• High Priest/Priestess - At the end of their spiritual growth, the cult member is brought into the final secrets of their worship and the heroes come to teach them their final lesson. All members at this level gain Berserker 3

Mystery Cult: Disciples of the Yonder Light

The Abyss takes its toll on everything it touches, but exposure doesn't have to be the end. One can recover and even learn to fight it. Survivors have banded together for a common cause, helping those exposed to incursions to bring back some semblance of stability into their lives as well as aid mages in dealing with these attacks, while mages themselves prepare for meeting the threat in the Astral itself.

• Recruit - Specialty in Occult for Abyssal Entities

Non-Awakened cannot Progress Further

•• Devotee - Pick Between: Fitful Slumber (•), Mages Meditative Mind (•)

••• Organizer - Pick Between: Ritual Martyr (••); Mage Dream (••)

•••• Leader - Pick Between: Deadpan (•••); Mage Astra Adept (•••)

••••• Mastermind - Pick Between: Loved (•••); Mage: Astral Intruder (•••) with a Sympathetic connection; no soul stone required.

Mystery Cult: Rainhas das Sete Encruzilhadas

The cult of the Queens of the Seven Crossroads is an Quimbanda cult focused on Pombajira a spirit that personifies female sexuality, beauty and desire.  A patron of Love, Freedom, Empowerment, Feminine Energy, Desire and Fire, followers of the cult strive to personify their Patron Saint and actively work to replace the Patriarchy with the Matriarchy, uninterested in philosophical questions of fairness, equality of the sexes or justice.  Pombajira is wrath and the burning blaze of passion and desire and her followers personify this.

• Initiate - Pombajira’s favor does not come for free and Quimbanda priestesses look down with displeasure at followers who do not tithe the spirits.  Gain one dot of Resources 

•• Acolyte - Pombajira leads the devout and guides them at the crossroads of life.  Gain one dot of Dream

••• Devotee - The spirits hold a wealth of lost and forgotten knowledge and Quimbanda priestess recognized by the spirits receive this knowledge.  Gain one dot of Occult

•••• Priestess - Priestesses at this level of religious devotion are leaders in their community and looked upon to impart their wisdom to the next generation of Quimbanda followers.  Gain a 3 dot Retainer

Non-Mages cannot progress beyond this level 

••••• Avatar of the Goddess - Awakened followers who have dedicated their lives to Pombajira take on the very personification of the Spirit.  Gain Shadow Name 3 as one of the personas or Avatars of Pombajira

The Order of the Gilded Chain

The cult views wealth and influence as the ultimate measures of power and enlightenment. Members believe that by mastering the flow of money and leveraging connections, they can transcend mundane limitations and shape the world to their will. Ozymandias positions himself as the source of this enlightenment, a figure who has unlocked the secrets of financial mastery and is willing to share them—at a price.

• Initiate -   Members gain mentorship in personal finance and access to insider knowledge. Gain a Specialty in Persuasion (Negotiation).

•• Follower - Cult members gain exclusive access to insider opportunities, such as high-stakes networking events or private investment groups backed by the cult. Gain Contacts • (Corporate or Financial Experts)

••• Devotee - Members who prove their loyalty are taught Ozymandias’s strategies for leveraging influence. Gain Allies (Corporate) ••.

•••• Patron - Members are deeply entrenched in the cult and granted greater access to Ozymandias’s resources and power. Gain Resources •••

••••• Golden Paragon - Only the most loyal and skilled members reach this level. They are fully initiated into the cult’s inner mysteries, gaining Staff ••• (Any/Any/Any) as a small army of experts clamor around the Golden Paragon.

Mystery Cult - Brotherhood of the Demon Wind

A cult popular among the Brotherhood of the Demond Wind Legacy.  The followers of this cult focus on the complementary duality of enhancing their mundane skills while pursuing the Mysteries of their Legacy in parallel.

• Gokenin -   Gain a Specialty in Brawl or Weaponry

•• Goshi - Gain Defensive Combat (Weaponry) Merit

••• Hatamoto - Gain A dot of Brawl or Weaponry

•••• Daimyo - Gain 3 dots of Armed Defense

••••• Shogun - Gain 3 dots of Martial Arts