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FIENDISH CULTS
The following tables can be used to generate random
cults dedicated to fiends. Roll on the tables in the order
in which they appear to build up the cult's traits.

1. CULT GOALS
d6 Goal
Political power, control over the local area
2 The death of a hated enemy or rival
3 Control of a guild or similar institution
4 Recovery of an artifact or magic item that could prove
useful in the Blood War
5 Revenge for an insult, wrong, or past defeat
6 Personal power and comfort for its leaders; the rank
and file are disposable

2. CULT RESOURCES
d6 Resource
The cult uses a respectable guild, business, or institu-
tion as a front.
2 The cult thrives through the support of generations of
a powerful noble family.
3 The cult controls the local officers of the law.
4 The cult has access to a cache of powerful magic.
s The cult can open a direct portal to the Outer Planes,
allowing fiends to intercede on their behalf.
6 The cult's leader is a renegade fiend seeking to evade
its enemies. 3· CULT ORGANIZATION
d6 Organization
Conspiracy. Members use passwords and
double-blind communication.
2 False Front. The cult puts on an elaborate deception
to appear as a harmless civic group.
3 Criminal Enterprise. The cult is organized through a
thieves' guild.
4 Network. The cult has a secret alliance of members
who have infiltrated the lower ranks of every organiza-
tion of note in the region.
S Cult of Personality. The cult leader is a beloved figure
renowned for great, benevolent deeds.
6 Entrenched. The cult is part of the local culture, a tra-
dition that established decades ago and kept secret
from outsiders.

4· CULT HARDSHIP
d6 Hardship
The cult is wracked with infighting.
2 A rival cult strives to destroy this group and replace it.
3 The cult struggles to rein in its dark, violent impulses
in order to remain undetected.
4 Murder and betrayal leads to a constant turnover in
cult leadership.
5 The cult leader is a figurehead. The real power is a
crime lord behind the scenes.
6 The cult is a disposable pawn manipulated by its
master.

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