Best way to induct members into your cult?

[Karlone123]

Playing as the King of Italy and crippling the Catholic morale along with being a secret pagan. I've founded my own pagan cult. I've managed to make at 10 people sympathetic towards paganism but none of them ever accept induction during that event. Even with a secret lover.

[Kayeka]

First of all, you are going to need a ruler with high Diplomacy. Next, you need to understand what kind of argument works better on what character, based on their traits and circumstances.

You also need to understand that landed characters are a lot more difficult to convert than unlanded characters. It is generally a better strategy to target the landed character's spouse instead, who can then induct their children into your faith.

Finally, have a lot of children yourself, induct them while they are still young and impressionable, and marry them off to spread their faith elsewhere.

Focus mostly on diplomatic characters so that they can do some recruiting of their own.

That's mostly the basics, really.

[aereon]

Here's a nice guide (though it may be *too* detailed perhaps):

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrusaderKings/comments/6b0exk/guide_for_converting_people_to_a_secret_cult/dhju0ua/