11.2 PATRONAGE

The most important and special way in which a mortal may interact with a God or Goddess is by pledging his or her life to Him or Her. This is done by joining the His or Her Divine Order. An honour not to be taken lightly, this is accomplished by speaking with the relevant Divine and establishing a rapport with Him or Her first. Eventually, you may feel that you are worthy of following this Divine and ask for acceptance into His or Her Order. On the other hand, the Divine may first decide that you would make a good addition to His or Her Order, and invite you in. You are, of course, free to refuse, but understand that everything in life has consequences, be they trivial or large.

Once in a Divine Order, you will find that you begin at the lowest rank in the Order. Each Deity sets His or Her own criteria for promotion within the Order, and enough rank may carry with it certain privileges.

Orders have a few commands associated with them. These are:

DEPOSIT <gold> <god's name>      : Anyone may do this, for any order.
WITHDRAW <gold> <patron's name>  : You must be at least rank 4 in an Order to do this.
ORDERACCOUNTS                    : See a listing of the Order's bank accounts.
                                   You must be at least order rank 4 to
                                   do this.


READLOG <your patron's name> <starting line> <how many months back to go>

You may omit the last two fields of the command if you wish to read from the beginning of today's log. <starting line> indicates which line you wish to begin reading on. 2 months back would be two months ago, and logs are kept for 30 months.

Other commands can be viewed with ORDER PRIVS/PRIVILEGES and vary across Orders, depending on what the Divine has set for His or Her ranks.