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city, his City Status in his home city is considered zero (and so is effective City Status is also
zero). What’s more, a visitor’s effective City Status can never be higher than 3. The above
penalties also apply to any attempts a visitor makes to determine the City Status of a resident
in a visited domain (see “Determining Another’s Status,” above).
Effective City Status does not grant any special powers or privileges and cannot be used as
a “social tool” as native City Status can (see p. 135). Instead, it denotes a level of respect that
a character’s reputation reasonably carries outside his home domain.
Visitors are largely immune to the games of Status in a city through which they pass. The
worst a Prince and his Harpies can do is strip a newcomer of effective City Status in the
visited domain. This has no effect on the visitor’s City Status back home. Even the effects of
a blood hunt are only local. The Prince or a Harpy may send word of an infraction, praiseworthy
deed or blood hunt back to the visitor’s home domain, but any result is dependent
on offi cials back home taking action.
Princes cannot fl atly refuse to acknowledge Kindred who have any effective City Status (one or
more dots). They may, however, use their powers to reduce visitors’ City Status down to 1 and to
strip that last dot, revoking any welcome. Doing so is trivial in the case of those who arrive with an
effective City Status of 1, accomplished with a simple princely fi at that the outsider is unwelcome
in the domain. Dealing with those with grander reputations can be harder and requires a Prince
to strip the visitor’s legitimacy through concerted effort, usually through a series of public insults
or reprimands. (For more on the Prince and Harpy’s Status-related abilities, see p. 286.)
If a visiting character decides to stay in a new domain, the effective City Status she would have
as a visitor to the city becomes her new City Status dots. Status in her former domain is lost (although
she can return as a visitor). Kindred may only consider one place their home domain.
CHANGING CLAN OR COVENANT STATUS
Clan Status and Covenant Status increase with experience expenditure, but such spending
has to be approved by the Storyteller. Some limits exist simply to prevent everyone in the,
say, First Estate from having Invictus Status 5 in short order. A character must demonstrate
particular dedication to his clan or covenant to earn high standing in that group. The following
table is generic, but a useful guideline when adjudicating such matters; it functions
just as the table for City Status does (p. 290).
3.11 — PRAISEWORTHY DEEDS FOR CLAN OR COVENANT
Status Deeds
••••• Acting to position the clan or covenant to achieve eminence or ascendancy
•••• Defi ning an overall goal for the clan or covenant and organizing
members to achieve it; assuming a position of recognized leadership
within the clan or covenant
••• Designing plans or removing obstacles in ways that advance the goals
of the clan or covenant; serving the clan or covenant signifi cantly
above and beyond the expected
•• Recognizing clan or covenant leaders and obeying their edicts; promoting
loyalty among fellow members of the clan or covenant
• Regular attendance at clan or covenant gatherings; active participation
in regular clan or covenant activities
STRIPPING CLAN OR COVENANT STATUS
Removing dots of Clan or Covenant Status occurs when enough fellow members of the
faction get together to reprimand a character. To strip a dot of Clan or Covenant Status, a
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