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  "Schooled in Secrets"
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 "markdown": "<title level=\"1\" right=\"Background \" pfs=\"Standard\">[Cultist](/Backgrounds.aspx?ID=170)</title>\r\n\r\n<traits>\r\n\r\n</traits>\r\n\r\n<column gap=\"tiny\">\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"tiny\">**Source** [Advanced Player's Guide](/Sources.aspx?ID=39) pg. 48 <sup>2.0</sup></row>\n\n</column>\r\n\r\nYou were (or still are) a member of a cult whose rites may involve sacred dances to ensure a strong harvest or dire rituals that call upon dark powers. You might have taken up adventuring to further your cult’s aims, to initiate yourself into the world’s grander mysteries, or to flee unsavory practices or strictures.\r\n\r\nChoose two ability boosts. One must be to Intelligence\r\nor Charisma, and one is a free ability boost.\r\n\r\nYou're trained in the [Occultism](/Skills.aspx?ID=11) skill, and a [Lore](/skills/lore) skill related to your deity or cult. You gain the [Schooled in Secrets](/Feats.aspx?ID=2148) skill feat.",
 "name": "Cultist",
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 "release_date": "2020-07-30",
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 "search_markdown": "<traits>\r\n\r\n</traits>\r\n\r\n<additional-info>\r\n<row gap=\"tiny\">**Source** [Advanced Player's Guide](/Sources.aspx?ID=39) pg. 48 <sup>2.0</sup></row>\r\n\r\n**Abilities**\r\nIntelligence, Charisma\r\n\r\n**Skills**\r\n[Occultism](/Skills.aspx?ID=11), [Lore](/Skills.aspx?ID=8) related to your deity or cult.\r\n\r\n**Feat**\r\n[Schooled in Secrets](/Feats.aspx?ID=2148)\r\n</additional-info>\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n<summary>\r\nYou were (or still are) a member of a cult whose rites may involve sacred dances to ensure a strong harvest or dire rituals that call upon dark …\r\n</summary>",
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  "Occultism",
  "Lore related to your deity or cult."
 ],
 "skill_markdown": "[Occultism](/Skills.aspx?ID=11), [Lore](/Skills.aspx?ID=8) related to your deity or cult.",
 "source": [
  "Advanced Player's Guide"
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  "Advanced Player's Guide pg. 48"
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 "source_markdown": "<row gap=\"tiny\">[Advanced Player's Guide](/Sources.aspx?ID=39) pg. 48 <sup>2.0</sup></row>",
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 "summary": "You were (or still are) a member of a cult whose rites may involve sacred dances to ensure a strong harvest or dire rituals that call upon dark …",
 "summary_markdown": "You were (or still are) a member of a cult whose rites may involve sacred dances to ensure a strong harvest or dire rituals that call upon dark …",
 "text": " Cultist Source Advanced Player's Guide pg. 48 2.0 You were (or still are) a member of a cult whose rites may involve sacred dances to ensure a strong harvest or dire rituals that call upon dark powers. You might have taken up adventuring to further your cult’s aims, to initiate yourself into the world’s grander mysteries, or to flee unsavory practices or strictures. Choose two ability boosts. One must be to Intelligence or Charisma, and one is a free ability boost. You're trained in the Occultism skill, and a Lore skill related to your deity or cult. You gain the Schooled in Secrets skill feat.",
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