So I sold 5 slaves to the royal collector and jumped from 0 to 15 royal honor. I'm unable to accept the acolyte quest as it says my throne room isn't good enough. My throne room is good enough for a baron, but not the ascetic. Maybe there is some interaction with minimalism meditation type and meditation thrones.
Here is a link to my save file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I3EhiSw53XntGdagfWVk45SUK4fjniE3/view?usp=sharing
in the base game ascetics want the WORST conditions not the best, try filling the room with rock chunks
I'm bumping this to say that the issue is still happening in Build 1.2.2718.
I think its because they skipped over the yeoman ceremony and went straight to being an Acolyte
Can you share your save in a way that doesn't require me to request access?
Thank you for the bug report.