[UA] UA:cults

[Doug Stalker]

Something I recommend is to go to a Scientology building and talk to
the people in there.  They have recruitment offices in most big
cities, and the sheer intensity of the people they have front-of-house
is amazing.  (Don't  go alone)

Knowing a few "street level" cultists helps too; they tend to be just
like regular people who follow a major religion, able to reguritate
doctrine when needed but not having really thought about it for
themselves.  But just as there are people who can discuss their
mainstream religions reasonably, there are probably cultists who can
discuss their cultic beliefs beyond simply repeating what others have
said.  I just havn't met them.

I havn't done a lot with cults in games I've run, mainly because it's
very hard to play out the effects mind-games used by cults to
indoctrinate, without resorting to some sort of numbers-based rules. 
Short of having been ina cult and then left, or of having studied cult
techniques, players aren't going to act in the same way a real person
would under those circumstances; the "it wont happen to me" mindset
will prevail.

 - Doug