Deus in Machina (a Warhammer 40K-setting inspired LitRPG)

Ordo: Dominus Esurit (The Lord Hungers).

X-10: Bellator Summus - The supreme leader of the cult. Monthly stipend: 10 credits.

X-9: Praeses Bellator / Praeses Bellatrix - Warlords of Faith, second in command. Monthly stipend: 9 credits.

X-8: Familia Fidelium Veterana Senior – Senior Veteran Family Adherents. Have at least twenty children and achieved the third Realm. Monthly stipend: 8 credits.

X-7: Familia Fidelium Veterana – Veteran Family Adherents. Have at least twenty children and achieved the second Realm. Monthly stipend: 7 credits.

X-6: Dux Fidelium / Ducissa Fidelium – Commander of the Faithful, cult commanders. Monthly stipend: 6 credits.

X-5: Iudex Fidelium – Judge of the Faithful, cult overseers. Monthly stipend: 5 credits.

X-4: Carnifex Fidei - Faith's Executioners, cult enforcer. Monthly stipend: 4 credits.

X-3: Familia Fidelium – Family Adherents. Adherents that have undergone required Seminary and are in a Warrior Covenant. Monthly stipend: 3 credits.

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X-2: Vir Fidelis / Mulier Fidelis – Adherents. Adherents that have undergone required Seminary and exile but are without a Warrior Covenant. Monthly stipend: 2 credits.

X-1: Sectator / Sectatrix – Adherents. Adult adherents that haven't undergone required Seminary and exile. Monthly stipend: 1 credit.

X-0: Puer Adsiduus / Puella Adsidua – Child Adherent, no monthly stipend.

There are no separate ranks/Orders for different focuses (such as Technovex for tech-focused).

Higher ranks require 10% higher pay, but other than the required 10% to the Church, all stipends are donated to the cult. This scale ensures each non-ordained member costs the Ordo Dominus Esurit 1 credit per month in tithes, and those without Seminary (still in the Laity) one credit per month in taxes, handled as a lump sum by the cult rather than by individual members.

Ordained Ecclesiastic are paid the usual Church stipend for their Ordo and rank but cannot become prostitutes or conceive children.

Ranks usually have pay steps within them, but due to the nature and pay of this Ordo, it doesn't.

Crusaders do not have the shortened Seminary requirement. Those not becoming prostitutes are paid as Hedge Knights.

Crusaders receiving prostitution and conception waivers must be Hedge Knights without a chapter and forsake their usual System stipend (will change when the cult's Knightly Chapter is up and running).

All members, regardless of estate or ordination, must swear the same oath upon becoming an adherent of the Lord Hungers, a slightly modified Knightly oath (will be shown narratively).