General Advice for priests
I posted this to a newsgroup and it was suggested I share.

It's general 'good advice' for the Deity Game, but broadly, if you roleplay instead of lammie-whore, you'll be fine and will have fun.

This isn't really 'FOIP' stuff, more a combination of stuff you can pick up from the rule books and a bit of my own personal experience. Above all, relax, have fun. If you treat the Deity Game as a game, rather a lammie machine, you will have a grin on your face at the end of the event.

1) Have a short, memorable, easy to spell name, so others can mention you in their prayers. Ideally, your actions should be equally memorable.

2) Make your ceremonies fun and interesting. They will stick in people's minds, and they'll mention that in their prayers.

3) Pray often, and tell the god what you are doing in his name. Carry a pen and pouch of blank prayers, do prayers when your bored or want to dive into God because it cold/fag breaks/mask breaks. I use block capitals, because I can do that quickly and it's easy to read.

4) Prayers need content to be useful. 'Hi Weaver, I went to the loo today' is a bad prayer, even the weaver doesn't find shitting original or clever. 'Hi Teacher, I protected this secret, killed this traitor and intiated a census clerk' is a good prayer, as is 'Hi Basilisk, here's some news'.

5) Stick to the principles of the god like glue, tell your god your intepretations of the lore.

6) Avoid blasphemy. Have fun with how you define blasphemy.

7) Never lie in a prayer. Gods are clever and well informed, do you want to make it unhappy?

8) Blessings are gifts from the Gods. Make sure you send back a thank you note. Like anyone else, the gods like to know their gifts got to the right person, unmolested. Bear this in mind when accepting blessings.

9) You are divine quality control. Be mindful of who you intiate, and who you mention in your prayers. Do not be afraid to kick dickheads out of the faith.

10) Quality, not quantity. Who would matter more to your god? Five high blessed, god loving, hard working devotees or 500 insincere, mealey mouthed peasants who never bother to pray and only became devoted because it was the state religion? Adjust your actions accordingly.

11) Likewise, take a (mental) register and mention all those who matter in your prayers. The gods like confirmation that people who say they are great, are.

12) Try to stick to your mask or path. It is always 'Lord Sun', never 'Teacher'. Even if they ask you nicely. No amount of pleading should make you adjust life-held principles without a lot of roleplay.

13) Finally, if the group has an Eidolon, consider yourself its personal chronicler and keep running updates of it's actions, in prayer. Its good acts will reflect on you, and if you're in good standing with your God, it will also benefit.

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If someone wants to link to this on Rule7, that'd be sweet. Thoughts and input are always good.