Missions rewarded with Technology Points and Artifacts.Catholics: the Benedictines and the Dominicans.Encourage other characters in their realm to end their sinful ways.Though societies are a patch feature (and can be expanded by mods), all but secret cults are part of the expansion. Members have ranks, working their way up the ladder of societies, unlocking new abilities and triggering new event chains.Societies can be public (automatic join) or secret (need to be offered membership from another member).Societies represent groups of like-minded characters who are working together for personal and mutual profit. Societies open new actions for characters and can lead to new event paths. As the society gains members, it gains power and prestige for its leaders. Characters can join monastic orders, secret cults and Gnostic heresies. The major feature of Monks and Mystics is the addition of Societies – secret and otherwise. Religious practice imposes a schedule on the chaos of medieval life, and the routine adds harmony to a divided realm. The bells of the abbey summon monks to prayer while, a continent away, the faithful are summoned by a muezzin’s call.