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[Gaslamp-Daniel]

Well, you could just let them do their thing, but they're not going to give you a manifest of building materials, they're secretive by nature after all. 

You can foster the spread of madness, which will lead to cults and all sorts of other things.

[Sirus]

Could you perhaps infiltrate cults to learn their plans ahead of time?

When successful, you could figure out what they're up to and how to deal with them (if at all).
On the other hand, your investigator(s) may go mad and become members themselves.

[Mephansteras]

Hmm. What about city officials/bureaucrats joining cults? Will we see a cult that's suckered in the Mayor start to become more successful?

For that matter, what about more mundane corruption? Do we have to worry about the city Treasurer skimming off the top?

[Aklyon]

Will they get nifty colored robes to signify their cult(ural) status?

Also, what would happen if al lthe soldiers turned into cultists?

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Pseudo-Theocracy?

[Gaslamp-Daniel]

If the mayor or all of your soldiers join a cult, you have a serious problem, and you'll need to deal with it, because you will no longer be able to control them.  (There is a system in the metagame for doing "strange things" in a way that you can have control over.  Cults are sort of a smaller scale, more chaotic and generally not-good thing.).

There will be theft, crime.  Some characters will be more prone to it than others.

There may be some way to actually find out what they need, we're still playing with ways to represent the general "goings on" of groups of characters.  The issue comes down to UI clutter, really.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Can we sieze power of said cults and begin a reign of terror over the inhabitants of our outpost?

[Aklyon]

Or influence/possibly start inter-cult war?

[Gaslamp-Daniel]

They'll not be friendly to each other anyway.  Also, you don't need a cult to institute the "Reign of Terror" plan, but you will be able to have a space beast worshipping settlement that works because they fear the wrath of the tentacles from the stars.

[Frumple]

"Ha! Tentacles from the stars. BLASPHEMY! You need look no further than my AMAZING MOLESTIARRE 700! (patent pending) for all you worker defilement needs -- guaranteed 100% more blessed by the Holy Cog than any antediluvian horror, and fully sanctioned by the Anti-Paranormal Investigation Squad! In fact, they're one of my largest customers... and between you and me, governor, the AM700 is rapidly rising in popularity among the more, ahem, adventurous of the gentlmenly class. You'd best make your order now before rising demand causes a price hike, haha!"

[Urist McScoopbeard]

I know what you wrote, but all I read was "Amazing Molester 700"

[Darkmere]

This thread just took a turn for the awkward.

Now that thing's going to be some crazy megaproject in-game, or something.

[ScriptWolf]

Dan could we not just support the cultists ? and help them out and work with them. I think it would be more fun if we could controll and work with them all rather than jsut letting them work on it we can take a major involvment in it all. But i would say certain things have to happen before the cultists request you to join them ?. thats it you should be able to join the cultists! as in the character you are playing ( your governor ) unlocking more Fun things to do.

[Criptfeind]

I dunno, I mean, the bureaucrat is going to be a bit more abstract then that right? I don't think them actually joining a cult in a actual game as part of the random gameplay makes sense. Maybe in  the meta play aligning with a cult friendly fraction could make sense.

[ScriptWolf]

*Shrugs* to be honest Im not too fussed how its implemented i jsut want to be able to fully interact and play with cultists groups and summon the mightly lord Shub-Niggurath and corrupt innocent minds.