The Empty Vessel is mentioned twice, as having preceded the Church of Ecstasy and about Bazso Baz. But what is this cult actually about ?
The Empty Vessel is mentioned twice, as having preceded the Church of Ecstasy and about Bazso Baz.
The Empty Vessel is mentioned twice, as having preceded the Church of Ecstasy and about Bazso Baz.
There’s nothing canon. In my games, there’s a backstory there, but it will be revealed in play, if at all.
In your own games, use that cult however you like.
That part is up to you, so you can make it your own. In my game, my players assassinated Baszo in the second session, and then the other leader I had created for the cult was killed in an explosion by the crew in the third. However they didn’t disintegrate Baszo’s body in electroplating so his spirit rose, and then proceeded to plague the cult’s members all of whom were the youngest because the main sect were killed in an explosion leaving it in chaos. Baszo had enough sense to learn how to possess the members and brought the cult to order by possessing a young adult man named Renfro(picture Jerome from the t.v. show Gotham), and his devout worshipper and lover Alamidai(bald, tattooed woman who worship a demon unknowingly). The cult became violent, aggressive, and unstable as they had lost the connection to their forgotten god due the the high priest being exploded. Alamidai regained connection through an accident involving the crew trying to get a new lair, they collapsed a few gears from the top of a clock tower to kill some cultists and it broke the floor and they fell into the middle of an artificial spirit well created by a ritual(I rolled that they honor their god by being baptized in spirit wells on the Roll table.) What the crew did spilt blood on and changed the runes opened a way for the connection and they witnessed her open her mind to the thought tendrils of the empty vessel and become an adept of the god. However, as I mentioned earlier she serves a demon unknowingly so it wasn’t the empty vessel she accepted and now the cult is on a warpath for the Demon Prince Ixis and helping spark a civil war. All of the was some random rolls on tables and some of my own twist on them, so it can be whatever cool thing you want.(Sorry for the long reply just thought it was relevant cause I had your same question in the beginning.)
I’ve noticed people really like Ixis in particular, out of all the Demon Princes. Myself included. Maybe it’s because he’s so naturally a Scoundrel type himself.