"Why did I even join this cult?" (d10)

 1 - It didn't start out as a cult, but sure got pretty cult-y, pretty quick

"I don't remember the Pledge of Allegiance having so many references to Draxmar the Undying One. When did that happen?"

2 - I'm susceptible to peer pressure

"That recruiter made some good points - I suppose if all my friends are doing it, then it's probably fine".

3 - Just kinda fell into it, I guess

"Well I was part of the Church of Oog initially, then I joined an offshoot of the Temple of Heavenly Pleasure, then I did a stint with some people who called themselves 'The Order of the Hidden Eye', and now I guess I'm here."

4 - Long family history of cult activities

"I remember when I was a kid, my dad had me sacrifice our gardener to the Dark Consuming Void, and it just bummed me out so much. Ah, the naivete of youth."

5 - This is a cult? You guys told me it was a book club!

"I was wondering why every week's choice ended up being The Necronomicon..."

6 - Seemed like a good way to spend my Tuesday nights

Yeah, there's too much chanting and I'm not keen on giving away my wife and all my material possessions, but I'll be damned if I'm ever going bowling with Brian Mathison again"

7 - The benefits package is amazing!

"Ok, yes... I'm on some government watch lists now - but these guys have a dental plan! And free childcare! Plus all the 'eternal bliss of paradise' stuff sounds pretty sweet, and these robes are super plush."

8 - These people are like a family to me 

"Specifically they're like my verbally-abusive father, my religiously fanatical aunt, and like the cousin that molested me when I was 10."

9 - Cult? What cult? There's no cult here

"No, we're not a cult - we're a multi-layered upstream lifestyle platform that leverages relationships and empowers you to be your own boss."

10 - I like these real human connections

"The therapist said it would be good for me to get back on my feet and mingle a bit after the divorce."

1d20 Random Exiles

 

Roll	Backstory/Reason for Exile
1	Would-be-Martyr: Their death would have dire political consequences
2	Denounced: Their particular sect in the church was undeservedly branded heretical
3	Legendary Mistake: Committed a small gaffe in the worst possible way
4	Offensive: They had upset the wrong people (for what is an obvious reason)
5	Error: A bureaucratic mistake has turned a slap on the wrist into exile
6	Secret Shame: Their very existence would prove scandalous if uncovered
7	Victim: A jealous and power-hungry official has unjustly banished them here
8	Disgraced: Now a nobody, but was once important enough to be exiled out of respect/fear.
9	Ironic Loser: Took a mighty fall from the top and now here out of a sense of poetic justice
10	Just Some Guy: Sent here as a punishment and doesn't really want to talk about it
11	The Wrong Guy: Insists innocence and that the truth will one day vindicate them
12	Plea Bargain: Criminal escaping the noose by using a legal loophole
13	Too Popular: They were spared the noose due to public outcry and exiled to save face
14	Well-Connected: Powerful friends are saving them from a well-deserved death penalty
15	Smart Guy: Knows something they shouldn't know and was made to disappear
16	Agent: Working for an outside interest to fulfill a mission, they are here only briefly
17	Linchpin: Their death would complicate part of a grand plan, so they wait here
18	Doesn't Know: Just woke up in exile one day with a bad case of amnesia
19	Weird: Too strange to live among society and yet too special to kill
20	Native: Was born and raised here