Chaplain

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Chaplain	Access: Chaplain's Office Difficulty: Very Easy Supervisors: Executive Officer Duties: Provide spiritual and religious guidance. Officiate interspecies weddings. Guides: No external guides.

Much like the Counselor, the Chaplain is mostly responsible for the mental wellbeing of the crew rather than the physical. It is them who provides spiritual guidance generally tailored to a specific crewmember's religious background, and who has a working knowledge of major theologies in order to best provide advice and religious counseling. This is mainly a roleplay role, though cult rounds do give it a certain mechanical importance, and requires some initiative taken.

Overview

The chapel is on Deck 3, and contains a few pews and a podium (along with a "spirit" board) for ceremonies. Your office is right next to it. You have a monitor and a desk, along with the entrance to a confession booth, if you're so Cathotically inclined. Your locker contains:

• Some chaplain-y garments
• Candles and incense
• A deck of tarot cards
• A flask of holy water
• A null scepter
• A Bible
• An equipment belt
• A wooden urn

Your null scepter is notable, as tapping or hitting someone with it is able to nullify a certain special ability someone might have. Holy water has a special usage in cult rounds, related to helping out the non-antags.

A chaplain can be a priest of pretty much any religious background. As stated prior, however, they are also expected to provide non-specific faith-based support. They have a good idea of scripture, the will of God/Allah/Vishnu/the Demiurge, and ceremonies of faith, or can at least adapt quickly based on what an adherent of a faith tells them.

Being a religious zealot is, while technically not against the rules, is considered something in bad form on a roleplay server. It doesn't make much sense that a bigoted, crying-heretic religious pundit would make it on to a long-term space exploration vessel, especially if they're intended to be a source of well-being for the very diverse crew. Of course, this doesn't mean your chaplain character can't have personal flaws or "religious justifications" for any given bias they have; it just means it shouldn't be their defining trait.

Matthew 10:34

Being a traitor on a Chaplain has little mechanical opportunities. However, a goodly priest is also given very little attention by members of Security, and has very little reason to check on your office. Your confession booth also has no cameras inside of it, making it a good place to store random contraband in a crate.