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3.14 — PRAISEWORTHY DEEDS FOR THE CITY
Status Deeds
••••• Signifi cantly expanding the city’s overall power, resources or reputation;
assuming a position of leadership in the city
•••• Expanding the city’s overall power, resources or reputation in a minor
way; removing a signifi cant obstacle or threat to local Kindred
••• Devising and implementing plans that further the goals of city elders;
carrying out specifi c plans beyond the norm on behalf of city elders
•• Actively promoting loyalty to the city’s elders; obeying the edicts of
all city elders
• Defending the city against outside threats; regularly attending local
Kindred functions (without being disruptive)
CLAN EMINENCE AND COVENANT ASCENDANCY
Whereas Clan and Covenant Status measure an individual’s standing within a lineage or
society of the Damned, eminence and ascendancy measure a faction’s overall position within
a domain. Being a prominent member of the Circle of the Crone won’t grant much local
infl uence if the domain as a whole is caught in the iron-gloved fi st of the Lancea Sanctum.
The eminence of clans and ascendancy of covenants is measured by the sum total of all the
City Status dots of active members of those groups. Those clans and covenants in the best
positions — wielding the most infl uence — gain benefi ts.
At the beginning of every calendar month, the domain’s chief Storyteller tallies the City
Status dots of every character who has been active in the previous month (see above for defi nition
of active) to determine the relative infl uence of each clan and covenant. The Storyteller
uses the following guidelines:
• An individual character’s City Status dots count toward the tallies of both her clan and
covenant (they are not split between the two, both get all the dots).
• The City Status of characters in a bloodline is counted in their parent clan’s total.
• The City Status of characters acting as infi ltrators and impersonators is counted in the
impersonated clan or covenant’s total.
• The unaligned are considered a sixth covenant that can (very rarely) be ascendant.
• City Status dots earned by a character as a bonus for being in the previous month’s
eminent clan or ascendant covenant do not count in this tally.
• Any gains or losses of City Status dots imposed by the Prince, Harpies or Master of
Elysium affect this tally.
• The Prince and Harpies’ Status points do not factor into this count.
• If a player has multiple active characters in play, only her primary or main character is
involved in the tally; all others are ignored.
• Storyteller characters do not factor into this tally — only active characters portrayed by
players do.
Once this tally is complete, the fi ve clans and the fi ve (or six) covenants are all ranked in relative
infl uence. The two top-ranked clans are termed the eminent and rival clans, respectively.
The two top-ranked covenants are termed the ascendant and contender covenants. (Kindred
can and do use these terms to refer to the overall standing of their clans and covenants.)
EMINENT/ASCENDANT BONUS
The eminent clan and ascendant covenant receives several benefi ts. First, all members
receive a number of bonus dots of City Status based on the total number of active members
in the domain.
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